Were Hindus ever invaders?
Hindu communities in medieval times, but we are not told about them.
Hindutva keeps saying that Hindus never invaded foreign lands; that India has always been invaded. They speak mostly of Muslim invasion and ‘thousand years of slavery’ but rarely of Persian, Greek, Scythian, Kushan (Chinese) invasions that took place 2000 years ago. And they completely ignore the invasion of Malaysia the naval fleet of the Tamil Chola empire, in1068 CE (less than 50 years after Mahmood of Ghazni raided Somnath temple) or claim Malaysia as part of “Akhand Bharat”.
Somehow internal invasions are not counted as invasions. No one seems to know of the Maratha attacks on Bengal in 18th century that are part of Bengali folklore. Historians who do are mocked and discredited as anti-nationals.