The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c10.27

c10.27

Fifthly, in the later days of their struggle with the foreign invaders, the Hindus of Afghanistan and Sindh had the ill-luck to have to fight simultaneously on two fronts. In the early days of Kia-pi-shi’s clash with the Arabs, Kashmir was on friendly terms with the Shahis of Kabul. Lalitaditya Muktapida (c. 713-750 A.D.) of Kashmir had an alliance with the Shahi ruler, because his frontier too was subjected to Arab raids. This wise policy was given up by Lalitaditya's successors, Shankaravarman especially, which compelled the rulers of Kabul to denude their troops from their western front for the defence of their dominion from the grasping ruler of Kashmir, and minimised their power of resistance against the Muslims.