Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c9.8

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However, after the series of Ghaznavid expeditions there were no major invasions from abroad till almost the end of the twelfth century. But, in the meanwhile, Indian rulers were waging wars for political supremacy in India itself. Since the overlordship of the whole of this vast country was neither probably the aim of any single ruler nor even a remote possibility, their energies remained confined to provoking internal strife or attacking their neighbours, but in these futile exercises the country's population was certainly disseminated. Nevertheless, wars remained a common feature in the eleventh and twelfth centuries throughout the country.