Notes on Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms
Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms
• In 451 C.E, white Huns from central Asia invaded India and disrupted the gupta administration
• Turkish people known as the Mughals extended their authority and their empire to much of the subcontinent.
The quest for centralized imperial rule
• In northern India, politics became chaotic and nomadic Turkish speaking peoples from central Asia took advantage of that unsettled state of affairs to cross the Kyler pass and force their way into India
• Nomadic people caused disruption in northern India
• King Harsha (606-648 C.E) temporarily restored unified rule in most of Northern India and sought to revive imperial authority
• Harsha came to the throne at the age of 16 and led his army throughout Northern India
• He extended his influence to several Himalayan states and exchanged a series of embassies with his contemporary, Emperor Tang Taizong of China
• Harsha was a Buddhist, extremely generous and distributed wealth however he was unable to restore permanent centralized rule
• Harsha spent most of his life on horseback attempting to solidify alliances with local rulers
• However he fell victim to an assassin and left no air to maintain his realm
The intro of Islam to Northern India
• Islam soon reached India by several routes, one being military
• Arab forces entered India early in the mid-seventh century
• 711-a well-organized expedition conquered Sind, the Indus river valley in northwestern India
• Midcentury-Sind passed into the house of the Abbasid caliphate
• Muslim merchant formed small communities in all the major cities of coastal India, where they played a prominent role in Indian business and commercial life
• Port city of Combay, the most important trading center in India throughout the first millennium for 500 to 1500 C.E
• Islam also entered India by a third route, the migrations and invasions of Turkish speaking people from central Asia
• Mahmud of Ghazni, leader of the Turks in Afghanistan soon
• In 451 C.E, white Huns from central Asia invaded India and disrupted the gupta administration
• Turkish people known as the Mughals extended their authority and their empire to much of the subcontinent.
The quest for centralized imperial rule
• In northern India, politics became chaotic and nomadic Turkish speaking peoples from central Asia took advantage of that unsettled state of affairs to cross the Kyler pass and force their way into India
• Nomadic people caused disruption in northern India
• King Harsha (606-648 C.E) temporarily restored unified rule in most of Northern India and sought to revive imperial authority
• Harsha came to the throne at the age of 16 and led his army throughout Northern India
• He extended his influence to several Himalayan states and exchanged a series of embassies with his contemporary, Emperor Tang Taizong of China
• Harsha was a Buddhist, extremely generous and distributed wealth however he was unable to restore permanent centralized rule
• Harsha spent most of his life on horseback attempting to solidify alliances with local rulers
• However he fell victim to an assassin and left no air to maintain his realm
The intro of Islam to Northern India
• Islam soon reached India by several routes, one being military
• Arab forces entered India early in the mid-seventh century
• 711-a well-organized expedition conquered Sind, the Indus river valley in northwestern India
• Midcentury-Sind passed into the house of the Abbasid caliphate
• Muslim merchant formed small communities in all the major cities of coastal India, where they played a prominent role in Indian business and commercial life
• Port city of Combay, the most important trading center in India throughout the first millennium for 500 to 1500 C.E
• Islam also entered India by a third route, the migrations and invasions of Turkish speaking people from central Asia
• Mahmud of Ghazni, leader of the Turks in Afghanistan soon