History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c33.s7.3

v3.c33.s7.3

Although the Panjab with Kabul did not form part of Hindu India henceforward, we must give a short account of the kingdom of Ghazni during the reigns of Mahmud's successors, with such references to Hindu India as are found therein in detail. The history of the Ghaznavide kings is given in short by the Tabakat-i-Nasiri written by Minhaj-us-siraj a learned man who was Kazi of Delhi and its empire under several kings and lastly under Nasiruddin and Ghiya-suddin Balban (Elliot II p. 260), and who wrote this history and dedicated it to Nasiruddin about 1250 A. D. A detailed gossipping account of the reign of Masa'ud written by Baihaki who was almost an eye-witness of the events he describes and who wrote about 1050 A. D. is also available and is very informing. From these two we give below a short history of the Ghazna-vide kings, who followed Mahmud, with such references in detail to Hindu India as are found therein.