Warfare for Wealth


 
 
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Warfare for Wealth

Warfare for Wealth: These ruling dynasties were based in a specific region. At the same time, they tried to control other areas. For centuries, rulers belonging to the Gurjara – Pratihara, Rashtrakuta and Pala dynasties fought for control over Kanauj. Because there were three “parties” in this long drawn conflict, historians often describe it as the “tripartite struggle”. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, Afghanistan . He ruled from 997 to 1030, and extended control over parts of Central Asia, Iran and the north – western part of the subcontinent .He raided the subcontinent almost every year his targets were wealthy temples , including that of Somnath , Gujarat. Sultan Mahmud was also interested in finding out more about the people he conquered , and entrusted a scholar named al-Biruni  to write account of the subcontinent . This Arabic work, known as the Kitab al-Hind.

Other kings who engaged in warfare were Chauhans , who ruled over the region around Delhi and Ajmer. They attempted to expand their control to the west and the east, where they were opposed by the Chalukyas of Gujrat and the Gahadavalas of western ruler was Prithviraja III (1168-1192), Who defeated an Afghan ruler named Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1191 , but lost to him the very next year , in 1192.

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Kitab -ul - hind was written by

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Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni's ruling period was __________________

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Muhammad ghori defeated to prithvi raj - III in which year ?

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