Summary - Advent of Arabs and turks

SUMMARY

• Muhammad Bin Qasim’s expedition against Sind in 712.

• The first three decades of the 11thcentury witnessed the military raids of Mahmud of Ghazni whose intention was to loot and plunder.

• Muhammad Ghori’s invasion by the end of 12th century led to the establishment of Delhi Sultanate in 1206 under Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

Rajput rulers lost their supremacy in the beginning of 13thcentury in the face of superior military tactics.

The contributions of five dynasties that constituted the Delhi Sultanate focusing on important rulers of Slave, Khalji and Tughlaq dynasties.

Ala-ud-din Khalji’s several radical military and market reforms

Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s innovative measures that were far ahead of his time and their fallout.

Firuz Tughlaq’s reforms and measures which earned him the goodwill of the people.

An elaborate administrative structure evolved during the Sultanate.

A cultural syncretism and reciprocal influence in the fields of literature, art, music and architecture.