The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s10.6

c7.s10.6

Then the wars of the Arabs with the Hindu rulers of the Helmund and Kabul Valleys from 650 to 860 A.C. could with equal legitimacy be treated as constituting a substantial second step in a new direction. Besides, the powerful Hindu Sahi dynasty of the Punjab came to an end as a result of the Arab attacks by 1021. This annihilation was likewise no insignificant beginning for the *digvijaya* of Islam in India. In regard to the commencement of a new epoch not only the fall of the Punjab but even the fall of Afghanistan might serve as a convenient landmark in the eyes of any historian.