As history shows, these Hindu kings went to war armed with the following sacrosanct weapons: No matter how grave the enemy’s provocation, the temple, the Murti, the Shrine, the cow, and the Brahmana were not to be touched. War was a privilege accorded only to the Kshatriyas (or those who enrolled for a life of military honour) and harming civilian population was a serious lapse of Kshatriya Dharma. However, there is plenty of evidence that shows that all classes of the Hindu society participated in the repeated wars to save their Dharma. The chastity of women, which was held in divine
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