History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c18.s1.22
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c18.s1.22
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equality, was consumed for ever; the seed-pod for the production of a future Bhāraśiva or a future Gupta was made extinct. And the Hindu sank. The Republics of Rajputana dissolved into the Rajputs who forgot all the traditions of their republican ancestors. And the Republics of the Punjab dissolved into the Jāts with all their past lost. The life-giving element was gone. The Hindus did not remember the name of Samudra Gupta with any gratitude, and when Alberūnī came to India he was told that the Guptas were a wicked people. This is another view of that picture. They were tyrants to Hindu constitutional freedom, though excellent rulers to the individual subject.