Precis writing solved exercise with Title “Indian Conquest through Spiritual Teachings” for Class 10, Class 12 and Graduation and other classes.

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In the good old days of the great King Ashoka, a sense of justice, it is said prevented any Indian king from attempting conquest beyond the limits of India. It is true that it was the ambition of the most powerful kings to be Chakravarti or ruler of the world. But world they thought of was confined to India. Beyond its natural frontiers they had no ambitions. They had no desire to conquer foreign peoples. Indian influence and culture no doubt spread beyond the boundaries of the country to Burma, Malaya, Sumatra. Java, Bali, Borneo, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia and Indo China. But it was not in the wake of conquering kings and armies dealing death and destruction that Indian thought and culture spread through Greater India. India is glad it can boast of no Alexander or Caesar, no Attila or Chengiz Khan, no Clive or Napoleon. It _was Buddhist monks and Brahmin priests and Indian merchants who carried with them India’s spiritual teachings and its arts and crafts. Although, now and then some adventurous Indian youth would marry a local king’s daughter or dabble in local politics and found a dynasty, Indians did not take advantage of it to become an alien race reducing the people to subjection.

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Indian Conquest through Spiritual Teachings

An ancient times, India did not conquer foreign lands and the suzerains confined their activities to India. But, ambassadors of Indian culture comprising Brahmin priests, monks, scholars and merchants spread Indian influence amongst countries of South East Asia not through armies, but through peace. India had not produced savage conquerors, but great spiritualists that brought about spiritual conquest.