History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.s6.4

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Mahmûd of Ghaznî next overran the province, but left no permanent mark; and even after the fall of Delhi (A.D. 1196) Gujarât maintained the struggle for independence for about a century longer, till 'Alâu-d-Dîn, in 1297, wrested the country from Karna Wâghelâ and appointed provincial governors. Muhammad Shâh III. Tughlaq, in A.D. 1391, had appointed Muzaffar, a converted Rajput, of the Tak clan, to be his viceroy. This, however, was on the eve of the troubles caused by the invasion of Tîmûrlang, and Muzaffar assumed independence in 1396, but, *mutato domino*, Gujarât remained as independent as before.