History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c11.104

c11.104

The defensive measures effected by 'Alāūddīn by no means stopped the Mughals from pouring into India occasionally, but now the Sultan was ever prepared to receive them. In future whenever the Mughals invaded India they were successfully defeated, their women and children were taken prisoner and they themselves were trampled under the feet of the elephants or struck by the sword.