History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c33.s6.33

v3.c33.s6.33

For these reasons thus viz: weakness of Hindu religious feeling and political apathy the Panjab fell easily before the onslaught of Mahmud. Political consciousness is awakening under the British rule and the changed aspect of the whole civilised world. But if the Hindus of the Panjab wish to maintain their position in the struggle of faiths in that province, they ought to strengthen their religious sentiment, abiding as it is even now, and develope it into a force equal to that of Sikhism or Mahomedanism.