So a Sanskrit 'expert' told me Hindu culture was destroyed after Muslims began ruling India from 12th century onwards.... so did I a quick google search and realised that the Sanskrit 'expert' had no faith in HINDU RESILIENCE and was clueless of Hindu achievements...1/8

12th century = Islamic conquest (not raid) of India, Jagannath temple built in Odisha, Chakradhara establishes Mahanubhava in Maharashtra and Gujarat
2/8

13th century = Madhavacharya writes on Dvaita Vedanta, Dyaneshwara writes Gita in Marathi, earliest gopurams of Meenakshi Madurai temple

3/8

14th century = Lalleshwari writes on Kashmir Shaivism
15th century = Shudramuni Sarala Das writes Odia Mahabharata, Annamacharya composes bhakti songs in Telugu

4/8

16th century = Chaitanya Mahaprabhu sings Krishna-Radha bhakti in Bengal, Tuslidas writes Ramcharitmanas in Gangetic plains, Meerabai sings in Rajasthan, Shankardev introduces Ekasarana Vaishnavism to Assam

5/8

17th century = Kote Venkataramana Temple built in Bengaluru by Wodeyar king of Mysuru, current edifice of Kal Bhairav temple in Kashi built, Adhyatma Ramayan written in Malayalam, Kshetreyya composes in keertans in Telugu

6/8

18th century = Babulnath temple built in Mumbai, Garh Ganesh temple established in Jaipur, Tyagaraja composes Carnatic Music

7/8

19th century = Rajarammohan Ray invents word ‘Hinduism’ and Chandranath Basu invents word ‘Hindutva, Savitribai Phule advocates education for stri-shudra-atishudra

8/8 (there is more I am sure, @Schandillia? )