Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · APPSC Paper I
3.2.2 Arab and Turkish invasions notes
3 notes, in reading order.
- 3.2.2.1Arab conquest of Sindh: Muhammad bin Qasim
In 711-713 the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir and brought Sindh and Multan under Umayyad rule, the first lasting Muslim political presence in India.
Standard · 4 min · Full course - 3.2.2.2Mahmud of Ghazni: raids and Alberuni's Kitab-ul-Hind
Mahmud of Ghazni (997-1030) raided northern India about seventeen times for treasure, shattered the Hindushahis and annexed Punjab, while the scholar Alberuni who came with him wrote the best account of Indian society of the time.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 3.2.2.3Muhammad Ghori: Tarain, Chandawar and the causes of Turkish success
Muizzuddin Muhammad bin Sam of Ghur, called Muhammad Ghori, won at the Second Battle of Tarain (1192) and at Chandawar (1194) and left his Turkish slave-generals to build the Delhi Sultanate.
Standard · 5 min · Full course
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