POPULATION OF SINDH WAS MAINLY BAUDH THAT MEANS MUSLIM DESTROYED EVEN PEACEFUL BAUDH WORSHIP HOUSES AND TEMPLE OF BAUDHA and captiured lax of all caste hindu baudha women

 

POPULATION OF SINDH WAS MAINLY BAUDH THAT MEANS MUSLIM DESTROYED EVEN PEACEFUL BAUDH WORSHIP HOUSES AND TEMPLE OF BAUDHA and captiured lax of all caste hindu baudha   women 

LEGACY OF MUSLIM RULE IN INDIA  BY  K S LalPage 79

A glance at the demographic composition of Sind at this time would help in appraising the response of the Sindhians to Muhammads invasion. At the lower rung of the social order were Jats and Meds. Physically strong and thoroughly uneducated they flocked under the standard of the foreigner in large numbers in the hope of material gain. They also supplied Muhammad with information of the countryside he had come to invade.10 The majority of the Sindhi population was Buddhist (Samanis of chronicles), totally averse to fighting. Their religion taught them to avoid bloodshed and they were inclined to make submission to the invader even without a show of resistance. Then there were tribal people, like Sammas, to whom any king was as good as any other. They welcomed Muhammad Qasim with frolicks and merriment.11 Thus the bulk of population was more or less indifferent to the invasion. In such a situation it were only Raja Dahir of Sind, his Kshatriya soldiers and Brahman priests of the temples who were called upon to defend their cities and shrines, citadels and the countryside. This is the Muslim version and has to be accepted with caution. When Muhammad began the invasion of Debal, Raja Dahir was staying in his capital Alor about 500 kms. away. Dabal was in the charge of a governor with a garrison of four to six thousand Rajput soldiers and a few thousand Brahmans, and therefore Raja Dahir did not march to its defence immediately. All this while, the young invader was keeping in close contact with Hajjaj, soliciting the latters advice even on the smallest matters. So efficient was the communication system that letters were written every three days and replies were received in seven days,12 so that the campaign was virtually directed by the veteran Hajjaj himself.13 When the siege of Debal had continued for some time a defector informed Muhammad about how the temple could be captured

Temple  destruction by mohamad kasim masscare of civilian population n capturing lax of hindu women and giving option death or islam

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When Muhammad began the invasion of Debal, Raja Dahir was staying in his capital Alor about 500 kms. away. Dabal was in the charge of a governor with a garrison of four to six thousand Rajput soldiers and a few thousand Brahmans, and therefore Raja Dahir did not march to its defence immediately. All this while, the young invader was keeping in close contact with Hajjaj, soliciting the latters advice even on the smallest matters. So efficient was the communication system that letters were written every three days and replies were received in seven days,12 so that the campaign was virtually directed by the veteran Hajjaj himselfWhen the siege of Debal had continued for some time a defector informed Muhammad about how the temple could be captured. Thereupon the Arabs, planting their ladders stormed the citadel-temple and swarmed over the walls. As per Islamic injunctions, the inhabitants were invited to accept Islam, and on their refusal all adult males were put to the sword and their wives and children were enslaved. The carnage lasted for three days. The temple was razed and a mosque built. Muhammad laid out a Muslim quarter, and placed a garrison of 4,000 in the town. The legal fifth of the spoil including seventyfive damsels was sent to Hajjaj, and the rest of the plunder was divided among the soldiers.14 As this was the pattern of all future sieges and victories of Muhammad bin Qasim - as indeed of all future Muslim invaders of Hindustan - it may be repeated. Inhabitants of a captured fort or town were invited to accept Islam. Those who converted were spared. Those who refused were massacred. Their women and children were enslaved and converted. Temples were broken and on their sites and with their materials were constructed mosques, khanqahs, sarais and tombs