Why did some soldiers take pity on the indians, and why were their acts of sympathy often severely punished?

Despite everything superior said to justify  and encourage the attacks on Indians, some soldiers developed kindness and mercy towards them, clearly understanding that they were human beings, not deserving such cruelty. And this was why they took pity on the Indians.

Their superior did not support this type of mentality in their soldiers because it made them less efficient in the battle. This is why the sympathy was often severly punished.

Soldiers took petty on some indians . The indians werent at fault.

explanation:

these are the geographical features of the gupta empire.

1)it inherited the land owned by the mauryan empire.

2)one obvious difference between the two empires is that the gupta empire was smaller that the mauryan.

3)the gupta empire is located in the northern region of the subcontinent underneath the himalayan and hindu kush mountains.

the gupta empire, marked by extensive inventions and discoveries that contributed to hindu culture, in subjects such as science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.

this period was also known as the golden age of india

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