Mahmud Ghazni launched several invasions of India between 1005 and 1027 CE, as the Rajput power had declined. His main reasons for conquering parts of India were to accumulate wealth from the region, spread Islam, and increase the power of his capital city Ghazni in Central Asia. Over the course of his invasions spanning two decades, Mahmud Ghazni sought to establish formidable political control over large areas.
Mahmud Ghazni launched several invasions of India between 1005 and 1027 CE, as the Rajput power had declined. His main reasons for conquering parts of India were to accumulate wealth from the region, spread Islam, and increase the power of his capital city Ghazni in Central Asia. Over the course of his invasions spanning two decades, Mahmud Ghazni sought to establish formidable political control over large areas.
Mahmud Ghazni launched several invasions of India between 1005 and 1027 CE, as the Rajput power had declined. His main reasons for conquering parts of India were to accumulate wealth from the region, spread Islam, and increase the power of his capital city Ghazni in Central Asia. Over the course of his invasions spanning two decades, Mahmud Ghazni sought to establish formidable political control over large areas.
Mahmud Ghazni had started his invasions in India during the
period when the Rajput power had declined. The two main reasons that led to the conquest of India by Mahmud Ghazni was firstly, to accumulate the vast amount of wealth that existed in India, and secondly, to spread Islam. Another reason was that he wanted to transform Ghazni, his capital city, into a region of formidable power in the entire Central Asia's polit YEARS of invasions 1005 1006 1007 1011 1013 1014 1015 1018 1021 1023 Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, was in1027