[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Indian Muslims: Who Are They](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990) › c4.4 # Indian Muslims: Who Are They c4.4 Indian Muslims: Who Are They c4.4 - **Language:** English ### [c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990.c4.4) By the year 1000 of the Christian Era the extreme north-western parts of India, in the trans-Indus region, had become introduced to Islam. As early as C.E. 664, consequent upon an invasion of Kabul and its environs (which then formed part of India), by Abdur Rahman, a few thousand inhabitants are reported to have been converted to Islam.¹ Subuktagin also fought against the Hindus and converted some of them. But all these events took place in the trans-Indus region, and we may, therefore, agree with Lanepoole in saying that in C.E. 1000 there were no Muslims in northern India east of the Indus.² - [Previous: c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990.c4.3) - [Next: c4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990.c4.5) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990.c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1990.c4.4) · Pramāṇa