Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c9.34

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Secondly, from Punjab, now a 'foreign' land, attacks on Indian rulers were launched off and on, again resulting in loss of population. Mahmud had appointed officers in the Punjab "whose sole aim was to wage wars against the Rais."²⁰ Even after the Ghaznavid empire had declined and Mahmud's descendants had shifted to Lahore, Ghaznavid commanders and rulers continued to raid Indian towns and cities.