The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c32.9

c32.9

Now, on reconsideration of the evidence, I agree with Blochmann that it is impossible to date the attack on Nūdīah, as Raverty did, in A. H. 590. The operations of Muhammad above detailed must have occupied several years after A. H. 589, when Delhi was taken. On the other hand, Minhāj-i-Sirāj tells us (Raverty, p. 560) that 'after some years had passed away', Muhammad organized his expedition to 'Tibbat'. That disastrous operation took place in A. H. 601 (Aug. A. D. 1204–Aug. 1205). The capture of Nūdīah, therefore, must be dated several years after A. H. 589, and 'some years' before A. H. 601, say in or about A. H. 595 (Nov. A. D. 1198 to Oct. 1199).