The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.s6.10

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When Mahmud of Ghaznī threatened to overrun India, Dhanga's son Ganda (999–1025) joined the new confederacy of Hindu princes organized by Ānand Pāl, son of Jaipāl, king of the Panjāb, in 1008–9 (A. H. 399), which also failed to stay the hand of the invader. Ten years later, as already narrated, Ganda's son attacked Kanauj and killed the Rāja, Rājyapāla, who had made terms with the Muhammadans; but early in 1023 (A. H. 413) was himself compelled to surrender the strong fortress of Kālanjar to Mahmūd,² who, however, did not retain it or any of his conquests in the interior of India beyond the Panjāb.