Public Administration in Ancient India c19.79

c19.79

In the seventh century there were several expeditions led by the Arabs to the west coast of India, but no real attempt to conquer the country was made until Mahammad Kāsim marched with an army along the Persian coast through Mekrān into Sindh. This invasion, however, proved a failure. Two centuries later came the invasions of Sabuktagin and of his son Sultān Māhmūd, and finally, in the closing years of the twelfth century, Muhammad Ghorī defeated Prithvirāj and Jayachandra, and firmly established Mahomedan Rule in Northern India.