Hmm, I don't know really about it as much, will have to look into it. Since I anyway am not a Muslim, I won't refer to him as a Prophet but I respect it if you consider him as one. Some Muslims also say that even Lord Krishna is one of your prophets but again, I don't believe in that.
You should read what you've shared by yourself again. I won't deny that some Hindus might have persecuted some Buddhists (Pushyamitra Shunga comes to mind) but nowhere was it done on a massive scale. There is no evidence that the destruction of some of the stupas was done by Hindus. I have told you earlier and will repeat it again, Hindus consider Lord Buddha to be an avatar of Lord Vishnu so there's no reason to hate Buddhists. Muslims on the other hand will consider Buddhists as atheist infidels with their fate sealed according to their own religion. Even currently, very rarely will you find Hindus hating Buddhists as we consider it one of the faiths that have originated in the subcontinents just like Jainism. Even now, you won't see Hindus destroying Buddhist monuments but you'll see Muslims destroying Buddhist monuments in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): The destruction of Buddhist heritage sites in Pakistan has annoyed the Sri Lankans that may impact the bilateral relations between the two nations.
www.aninews.in
Islamist militants in Pakistan have tried to blow up a seventh-century Buddhist rock carving in an attack reminiscent of the destruction of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan six years ago.
www.reuters.com
"Ashoka's Son Jalauka was a Shaivite and was responsible for the destruction of many Buddhist monasteries.[7] The story of Jalauka is essentially legendary, and its to be noted that no independent corroboration of the Kashmir tradition has ever been discovered."
There should be a better source for this. I don't know what the author means when he says that the story of Jalauka is legendary. Does it mean its a fable or is it real?
"Dharmarajika stupa was completely demolished and only its foundation exists today while Dhamekh stupa incurred serious damage. During excavation a green marble relic casket was discovered from Dharmarajika stupa which contained Buddha's ashes was subsequently thrown into Ganges river by Jagat Singh according to his Hindu faith. The incident was reported by a British resident and timely action of British authorities saved Dhamekh Stupa from demolition.[11]"
No one knows who destroyed it.
"Historical evidence about the persecution of Buddhism in ancient India is missing or unsubstantiated; colonial era writers have used mythical folk stories to construct a part of ancient Buddhist history."
"However, it is unclear whether the stupas were destroyed in ancient India or a much later period, and the existence of religious violence between Hinduism and Buddhism in ancient India has been disputed.[15][16] It is unclear when the Deorkothar stupas were destroyed, and by whom. The fictional tales of Divyavadana is considered by scholars[12] as being of doubtful value as a historical record. Moriz Winternitz, for example, stated, "these legends [in the Divyāvadāna] scarcely contain anything of much historical value".[12] Similarly, Paul Williams states that the persecution claims with alleged dates of Buddha's nirvana (400 BCE) and the subsequent Pusyamitra reign, as depicted in the Mahasanghika school of early Buddhism are the "most far fetched of all the arguments and hardly worth of any further discussion".[17]"
Again, read this from your own article. You are not even reading what you are posting.
Now read this:
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The conquest of the Indian subcontinent was the first great iconoclastic invasion into the Indian subcontinent.[71] As early as the 8th century, Arab conquerors invaded present-day Pakistan. In a second wave, from the 11th through the 13th centuries, Turkic, Turkic-Mongolian and Mongolian overtook the northern Indian plains.[72][73] The Persian traveller Al Biruni's memoirs suggest Buddhism had vanished from Ghazni (Afghanistan) and medieval Punjab region (northern Pakistan) by early 11th century.[74] By the end of the twelfth century, Buddhism had further disappeared,[4][75] with the destruction of monasteries and stupas in medieval north-west and western Indian subcontinent (now Pakistan and north India).[76] The chronicler of Shahubuddin Ghori's forces records enthusiastically about attacks on the monks and students and victory against the non-Muslim infidels. The major centers of Buddhism were in north India and the direct path of the armies. As centers of wealth and non-Muslim religions they were targets.[77] Buddhist sources agree with this assessment. Taranatha in his History of Buddhism in India of 1608,[78] gives an account of the last few centuries of Buddhism, mainly in Eastern India. Mahayana Buddhism reached its zenith during the Pala dynasty period, a dynasty that ended with the Islamic invasion of the Gangetic plains.[2]
According to William Johnston, hundreds of Buddhist monasteries and shrines were destroyed, Buddhist texts were burnt by the armies, monks and nuns killed during the 12th and 13th centuries in the Gangetic plains region.[79] The Islamic invasions plundered wealth and destroyed Buddhist images.[22]
The Buddhist university of Nalanda was mistaken for a fort because of the walled campus. The Buddhist monks who had been slaughtered were mistaken for Brahmins according to Minhaj-i-Siraj.[80] The walled town, the Odantapuri monastery, was also conquered by his forces. Sumpa basing his account on that of Śākyaśrībhadra who was at Magadha in 1200, states that the Buddhist university complexes of Odantapuri and Vikramshila were also destroyed and the monks massacred.[81] forces attacked the north-western regions of the Indian subcontinent many times.[82] Many places were destroyed and renamed. For example, Odantapuri's monasteries were destroyed in 1197 by Mohammed-bin-Bakhtiyar and the town was renamed.[83] Likewise, Vikramashila was destroyed by the forces of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji around 1200.[84] Many Buddhist monks fled to Nepal, Tibet, and South India to avoid the consequences of war.[85] Tibetan pilgrim Chöjepal (1179–1264), who arrived in India in 1234,[86] had to flee advancing troops multiple times, as they were sacking Buddhist sites.[87]
The north-west parts of the Indian subcontinent fell to Islamic control, and the consequent take over of land holdings of Buddhist monasteries removed one source of necessary support for the Buddhists, while the economic upheaval and new taxes on laity sapped the laity support of Buddhist monks.[69] Not all monasteries were destroyed by the invasions (Somapuri, Lalitagiri, Udayagiri), but since these large Buddhist monastic complexes had become dependent on the patronage of local authorities, when this patronage dissipated, they were abandoned by the sangha.[88]"
In the north-western parts of medieval India, the Himalayan regions, as well as regions bordering central Asia, Buddhism once facilitated trade relations, states Lars Fogelin. With the Islamic invasion and expansion, and central Asians adopting Islam, the trade route-derived financial support sources and the economic foundations of Buddhist monasteries declined, on which the survival and growth of Buddhism was based.[69][89] The arrival of Islam removed the royal patronage to the monastic tradition of Buddhism, and the replacement of Buddhists in long-distance trade by the eroded the related sources of patronage.[76][89]"
I'm currently in uni with finals week coming up so don't have time.
Some people blindly post without even reading what they are posting. He had originally replied to me, I didn't even bother replying. You just have to laugh and move on.
You can read the rest of the linked wiki.
