[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937) › c19.s1.12 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c19.s1.12 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c19.s1.12 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s1.12) Like his father, Vijayacandra also stood as a bulwark against the Moslems. It is recorded in a copper plate that he "swept away the affliction of the globe by streams (of water flowing as) from clouds from the eyes of the wives of Hammīra, the abode of wanton destruction to the earth."² Unfortunately we have no information regarding any Moslem incursion in the Doab at this time, but it would appear probable that Vijayacandra came into conflict with the forces of Amir Khusrau or his son Khusrau Malik who were in occupation of Lahore after having been driven out of Ghazni by Ala-ud-Din Ghorī. The defeat of the Moslem marauders was probably due to the waxing strength of the Ghoris, which must have arrested the Amir's attention more towards the west. Khusrau, however, died in 555 Hijri or 1160 A. D. without recovering Ghazni, and during the reign of his son Malik, Sihab-ud-Din Ghorī threatened the Panjab itself and "overran the provinces of Peshawar, Mooltan and the Indus."³ - [Previous: c19.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s1.11) - [Next: c19.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s1.13) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s1.12) · Pramāṇa