The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c6.1

c6.1

| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| **1.** | **Our Country on the Eve of the Arab Invasion of Sindh** | **1** |
| | Political condition, 1. The Himalayan States, 2. The Indo-Gangetic Plain, 3. The Dakhin, 5. The Far South, 6. Administrative system, 5. Society and culture, 8. | |
| **2.** | **The Arab Conquest of Sindh and Multan** | **10** |
| | Sindh on the eve of Arab conquest, 10. The Causes, 11. Strength of the invading forces, 13. The conquest of Debal, 14. Contest with Dahir; the fall of Sindh, 15. The conquest of Multan, 17. Causes of the fall of Sindh, 17. ARAB ADMINISTRATION IN SINDH : Partial religious toleration conceded, 20. Political divisions and their government, 22. The revenue system, 22. Justice, 22. Religious policy, 23. Hard lot of the common people, 23. The death of Muhammad bin Qasim, 24. Causes of the eventual Arab failure in Sindh, 24. The effects of the Arab conquest, 27. | |
| **3.** | **Hindu Afghanistan : Its Conquest and Occupation by the Turks** | **29** |
| | Afghanistan under Hindu Rule, 29. The Arabs fail to conquer Afghanistan, 30. Turkish conquest of Afghanistan, 32. | |
| **4.** | **Causes of the Fall of the Hindu States in Early Medieval Age** | **34** |
| **5.** | **India on the Eve of Mahmud of Ghazni's Invasion** | **43** |
| | Political condition, 43. The Arab kingdoms of Multan and Sindh, 43. The Hindushahi kingdom, 44. Kashmir, 44. Kanauj, 44. The Palas of Bangal, 45. Minor kingdoms, 46. The Dakhin kingdoms, 46. Social and religious conditions, 46. Economic condition, 49. | |
| **6.** | **Mahmud of Ghazni** | **50** |
| | Rise of the Turks, 50. Their early raids : SABUKTIGIN, 50. Accession of MAHMUD, 51. His character, 51. His Indian expeditions, 53. An estimate of Mahmud, 60. Successors of Mahmud, 62. The Panjab under the Ghaznavides, 63. Geneological Table, 65. | |