Dharya Varha (concept)
The Dharya Varha, or 'the Righteous Years' was a fifty year long series of mass anti-scholarly uprisings across Kashirya in the early 11th century with the intention of ending Vidvaookeyatran control of Kashirya. While the rebels forces (whom styled themselves Dharyam Lon, 'Righeous Ones') swelled to massive sizes, their blaming of the ruling noble classes of Kashirya for allowing the Vidvaookeyatran's free reign in study led to the nobility of most of the region joining with the scholars against the rebels.
With the nobility and the scholarly classes (who made up most of Kashirya's Magi) united against the rebel armies, the rebellions of the Righteous Years rapidly turned to stalemate. The rebels were unable to fight the nobles and Magi in open warfare, and instead opted to spreading throughout Kashirya and strking at Vidvaookeyatran scholars all across Kashirya.
Over the course of the Righteous Years, the Righteous Ones would pillage hundreds of libraries, academies and laboratories as well as assassinate hundreds of notable Vidvaookeyatran scholars. Thanks to a series of mass-reprisals from the nobility, however, along with the Vidvaookeyatran Saravadhan ('Mindful') sect's ritual that protected all Vidvaookeyatran libraries from fire (and also caused hundreds to freeze to death inside of several), the Righteous Ones' numbers slowly waned. The survivors would retreat to rural communities and give up active rebellion, instead forming what would become the Askevaryaan religious sect.
Vidvaookeyatran scholars have estimated that over 7,000 years of collective knowledge were lost in the event, as well as profess that the Righteous Ones represented the fact that there would always be those who reject helpful knowledge. Despite controversy, it is often argued that while several apocalyptic events may or may not have been the fault of the scholars, the Righteous Ones also had them to thank for a rise in life expectancy and literacy rates thanks to their disseminated knowledge.