“In this sterile statecraft, centred on the politics of the maNDalayoni, one’s neighbour was always an enemy, and the enemy of an enemy always a friend! Hindu princes, therefore, failed to hang together in the face of a common calamity. In the event, they were hanged separately.”

— Sita Ram Goel , book The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India

The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India (1994)

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