Originally posted by: kirantarani2007
Last week we got hist assignment to make a project on any topic of our choice,,,, no prizes for guessing what my topic is. But I am very disappointed there is so little +ve articles on prithvi available. Why do all historians hate prithvi so much.
He lost one war against ghori…..ok it was coz of his carelessness…but was it such a big crime that it eclipses all his other achievements and good qualities. He had just defeated his enemy in a long drawn and gruesome battle, The battle of Tarain 1, his enemy had been defeated and he had accepted Prithvis friendship and promised to remove his armies frm the neighboring kingdoms. Prithvi who was an honorable man himself accepted his enemies words and promise at its face value and became lax. This was his mistake. But was it not a typical human reaction. After having fought a long and gruesome battle he now wanted to enjoy his victory and relax and chill out for some time. They say after the first battle he shd hv kept a closer look on his enemy n they r right in this. Prithvi after the first battle spent a lot of time with his wife sanyo and neglected his duties. Ok accepted. But why do they forget that it was partially prithvis fault for not keeping a closer watch on ghori,,,,,,,,,,but ghori was planning the second battle behind his back. In those days the kings depended on their spy network to inform abt them of these deve....but ghori did all this in such a way that his spies never came to know abt these deve n ghori attacked him suddenly and in the night. Same thing BD did to Someshwar…….even then Someshwar was not aware of the attack coz his spies had not infm him abt this. Someshwar was not neglecting his duties and spending time with his wife still a cunning king cld plan such an attack in those times. They say he liked a good life and had married many princes. Ok accepted. But they all forget that he was burdened with such big responsibilities just at the age on 13, when he was still not ready to accept them. At the age of 15 he was also given the responsibility of Delhi. During his reign he consolidated the whole of North India……his ppl were supposed to be very well taken care of . His kingdom was a prosperous one. So doesn't it show that he did manage most of his duties nicely. So once in a while he wanted to escape from all of this is it so bad. At just the age of 13 he declared and won the war against Bhimdev, who was a cunning king of a big province, had a big and powerful army. Is this feat not a big thing. Its just mentioned at some places………most everywhere its glossed over. He consolidated the whole of North India by his dig vijay…..all the other kings were also brave and had large armies………but he defeated them all. They say he shd not hv let ghori go after the first war. But doesn't this also show that he was a very honorable and kind hearted king. He didn't treat ghori as a prisoner of war but afforded him the respect of a king although he had won the war against him. Coz he wanted peace. This is not a fault…..its a commendable act. Ghori by treating prithvi in that derogatory manner after he is taken prisoner just made himself appear so small infornt of prithvi. He treated prithvi that way coz he was afraid of prithvi……..
- His friends were ready to die for him and they did so. If prithvi was not such an honorable and brave king wld his frnds have so much love and respect for him. Sanjam gave himself to the vultures to save prithvi. His other two frnds died in the war. Chander was saved, but he left his family behind and went all the way to ghazni to help his frnd……….Is there friendship not even deserving a mention in the histories. Forget abt foreign historians our own Indian historians also don't consider these very Indian qualities of Bravery, Kindness, Friendship, Honor, Loyalty in one person a reason to praise him.😕
hey kiran so true i agree with u 100% u know i wanted to post a topic on this.its so true that prithvi ibspite of being such a noble and kind hearted king is more remeberd bcoz he lost one battle rather than all his victories and conquests.and its even sadder that people blame this defeat on his lady love sanyogita,there are books which say that had prithvi not fallen for sanyo he wld have saved india from foreign invasion😕
its so sad that sometimes people are humiliating a beautiful love story of a king,now cmon can he not fall in love a nd enjoy his life,agreed that maybe he did not heed his ministers advice to strengthen his army but it was unfortunate that this single mistake cost him so much,otherwise there were so many kings who made many mistakes and still are praised for their valour and barvery rather than their mistakes,for example did u know that the great warrior tipu sultan was so mean to his praja that even to this day if u visit the place he ruled ppl tell u abt his mean attitude,but historians remember him for fighting with the britishers and that too he lost the battle! he is supposed to have destroyed many hindu temples and used to capture hindu women and made them his prostitutes! and his tory praises such a king for all the positive things and never points out one negative aspect in him!
and when it comes to falling in love king ashoka also fell in love and some weeks bfore i read a post saying that he sacrificed his love and fought battles,but did u know that he did not sacrifice his love but his brothers betrayal made him fight battles and all the winnings made him so mean that he forgot his love and concentrated only on gaining power,he was popularly called chand(meaning MEAN) ashok,he did not treat his praja well at all at that time,it was only after the battle of kalinga where he realised his mistake that he reformed himself.not only that he also got back his lady love and married her.all i am trying to say is that its just fate ,it was unfortunate for prithvi that one negligence from his side cost him so much so i feel that historians should not degrade him or his valour.it happens to everybody,it happened to him also
i hope i have not bored u guys(if anyone does read this long a post)but i felt i had to put forth these points,i am sorry if i have hurt anyone with any of my opinions.
thanks kiran for such a lovely post it gave me a chance to put forth my perspective & nbsp;
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