The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t7.45

c14.s9.t7.45

It is this *dharma* of the Aryans, Hindus, Indians, etc. i.e. the life, culture, spirit, or ideals of these races that was "protected," "saved," promoted and expanded by the *yugāvatāras* like Chandragupta Maurya and Skandagupta the Gupta in earlier times. The Rāyas of Vijayanagara also became *yugāvatāras* by functioning as the saviours and protectors of the same life, culture and ideals. In Rāmdās's and Śivāji's *mahārāṣṭradharma bārhwāwā*, likewise, we are to see the life, culture and ideals of the Hindus as being first "saved" from foreign aggression and then promoted under benevolent protection.