Under Macaulay's dispensation our history opened with the chapter "The Dark Age" - which was, in fact, a period of Bharat's unparalleled achievements in material as well as spiritual fields. Then followed the periods - Hindu, Muslim and British. The intent behind this kind of classification was obvious. The land belonged to those who for that period held the sceptre at Delhi. There were none who could he called the original children of this land, its natural masters. He who wielded the rod ' to him the country belonged.'

The Tragic Story of Partition, Bangalore Jagarana Prakashana 1982, p.16