Hindu rulers of the past knew how to punish lowly mlecchas when they overstepped the line & insulted our faith.There was in instance where Aliya Ramaraya of Vijayanagara, who was actually very tolerant of turushkas,actually punished them in a fitting way for insulting our deities
Aliya Ramaraya recruited a large number of turushkas into the Vijayanagara army. There was an occasion where 2 such turushka officials came to the capital in order to receive payments for the services which was due to them.
During that time the turushkas were seated in the durbar & a wild boar passed them at a distance outside. At the sight of the boar the two turushkas spat on the ground. The boar as we know is not only avatara but was also part of the royal insignia of the Vijayanagara empire.
The courtiers brought this incident immediately to the notice of Ramaraya,who decided to make the turushkas pay for their action. He made the turushkas wait for months on the outskirts of Vijayanagara before eventually paying their salaries. And how did he do that? See next tweet
With the quantity of gold due to the turushkas, Ramaraya had a golden shaped boar made & sent it to the waiting turushkas who felt mightily insulted left Vijayanagara empty handed & went back crying to the territory of the deccan sultanate.
Tit for tat by Aliya Ramaraya.
Tit for tat by Aliya Ramaraya.
Aliya Ramaraya gets a lot of criticism for making a few strategic blunders during his reign & especially during the war at Talikota. But it has to be said that he was a very devout Hindu & a very shrewd ruler in many ways.
Had Ramaraya's plan worked at Talikota, Vijayanagara would have expanded by twice its existing territory with defeat of deccan sultanate. It would have brought them in direct contact with the mughals in 1565 itself. Strategic blunders coupled with ill luck saw that go up in smoke
Source of all the above info. 
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