Its true that Sikhs saved Hindus but in the region they belonged to. Marathas saved Hindus in their own region, and so did Rajputs, Jaats and others. Sikhs saved Hindu which was defined as inhabitants of the region. Not Hindu as religion like we define today for people who are followers of Hinduism. Because no such term for a particular religion existed before 19th century. It was term same as us calling ourselves Indians today. So correct way to say is that Sikhs saved Indians in their region. Sikh's motive was to fight and save people regardless of any religion, ethnicity or caste.
Term Hinduism for a religion and term Hindu for the followers of Hinduism is a British colonist construction in 19th century. Before that, there was Hindu/Sindhu, a term given to us by Persians but that too was ONLY for people who were inhabitants of North West India. Hindu wasn't a term for any religion before 19th century.
The British adopted the term Hindu(ism) from Persians to define a religion of various traditions that had common rituals, practices and beliefs, distinguishing them from others like Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Lingayats, Christians and Muslims.
Even the Persians recognized various divided religions in the Indian region among the Hindus (inhabitants of India), during the time of their rule:
India was divided into numerous Kingdoms with different culture, beliefs, rituals and practices. There were religions with various branches within them. Some of these religions were Shavism, Brahmanism, Vaishnavism, Smartism, Shaktism, Ganpatism, Dravidians Folk, Saurism, Shrautism, Kaumaram, Vedism and various movements. Shaivites and Vaishnavites also had history of religious wars against each other. And all these religions combined together was formed under the terminology constructed by British colonists called Hinduism.
We do have come up with a term Sanatana Dharma but this was never a term for any religion ever before and nor did people call their religion by such name. Sanatana Dharma simply means eternal law or eternal support, or eternal righteousness. Dharma does not mean religion. It simply means to support. Calling it a religion or an alternative name for Hinduism is just a recent construction of 20th century by neo-Hindus.
Conclusion, yes Sikhs saved Hindus as in Sikhs save Indians. But all other powerful forces were also involved such as Marathas, Jaats, Rajputs, and so on.
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Its true that Sikhs saved Hindus but in the region they belonged to. Marathas saved Hindus in their own region, and so did Rajputs, Jaats and others. Sikhs saved Hindu which was defined as inhabitants of the region. Not Hindu as religion like we define today for people who are followers of Hinduism. Because no such term for a particular religion existed before 19th century. It was term same as us calling ourselves Indians today. So correct way to say is that Sikhs saved Indians in their region. Sikh's motive was to fight and save people regardless of any religion, ethnicity or caste.
Term Hinduism for a religion and term Hindu for the followers of Hinduism is a British colonist construction in 19th century. Before that, there was Hindu/Sindhu, a term given to us by Persians but that too was ONLY for people who were inhabitants of North West India. Hindu wasn't a term for any religion before 19th century.
The British adopted the term Hindu(ism) from Persians to define a religion of various traditions that had common rituals, practices and beliefs, distinguishing them from others like Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Lingayats, Christians and Muslims.
Even the Persians recognized various divided religions in the Indian region among the Hindus (inhabitants of India), during the time of their rule:
India was divided into numerous Kingdoms with different culture, beliefs, rituals and practices. There were religions with various branches within them. Some of these religions were Shavism, Brahmanism, Vaishnavism, Smartism, Shaktism, Ganpatism, Dravidians Folk, Saurism, Shrautism, Kaumaram, Vedism and various movements. Shaivites and Vaishnavites also had history of religious wars against each other. And all these religions combined together was formed under the terminology constructed by British colonists called Hinduism.
We do have come up with a term Sanatana Dharma but this was never a term for any religion ever before and nor did people call their religion by such name. Sanatana Dharma simply means eternal law or eternal support, or eternal righteousness. Dharma does not mean religion. It simply means to support. Calling it a religion or an alternative name for Hinduism is just a recent construction of 20th century by neo-Hindus.
Conclusion, yes Sikhs saved Hindus as in Sikhs save Indians. But all other powerful forces were also involved such as Marathas, Jaats, Rajputs, and so on.
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