Written by london swaminathan

Date: 17 March 2016

Post No. 2640

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One of the tyrants of Indian sub-continent was Mahmud of Ghazni. He invaded India 17 times and destroyed Hindu temples including the most famous Somanath temple of Lord Shiva. Saying that he was an iconoclast, he broke the 15 foot high Shivlinga in to pieces. He was a fanatic Muslim. He plundered many rich temples and took the booty back to Ghazni in Afghanistan. He displayed them for the public to see. His unruly army damaged lot of valuable things along its way. This unruliness spread to his own country.

His soldiers were looting the villagers and setting fire to their houses and crops in Afghanistan. People were unhappy.

One of his ministers was very intelligent and believed in the rule of law. He learnt the language of animals through a Muslim saint. Mahmud also knew about his minister’s knowledge in this area.

One day Mahmud and his minister went for hunting. After a long day of hunting they were returning on their horses.  Mahmud saw two owls sitting on a tree and talking. Immediately he stopped the horse and asked his minister to find out what they were talking. The minister pretended to listen to them for some time and came back with a sad face. He told that he couldn’t divulge the contents of their conversation because it wouldn’t be palatable to the king. The king insisted to reveal their talking. The minister told him that he would tell him if he would promise him not to harm him. When he gave him an assurance, the minister told him:

One of the owls wanted to give her daughter in marriage to the son of another owl. He insisted that he would give consent to the marriage provided the she owl give 50 dilapidated villages as dowry with the girl (owl). Immediately that owl replied, “Oh, that shouldn’t be a problem as long as the Mahmud was ruling. Even 500 dilapidated villages can be given as dowry under his rule.”

As soon as Mahmud heard this he hung his head in shame!

-subham-