Invasion from North West

Mohammad bin Qasim first attacked on India & conquered Sind and Multan in 712 AD.
We got information about this all from the Persian text chachnama written by Kazi Ismail in 1216 AD
1^st arab to attacked india was – Mohammad bin Qasim
1^st Turkish to attacked india was – Subuktgin

THE GHAZNAVIS

He was also known as ―But-Shikan‖ (destroyer of the image) because of seventeen plundering expeditions between 1000 AD and 1027 AD in India.
Annexing Punjab as his eastern province, he claimed to have come here with twin objectives of spreading Islam in India, and enriching himself by taking away wealth from India.
He led 17 invasion on India 17^th was plunder of somanath temple.
In 1025, he attacked and raided the most celebrated Hindu temple of Somnath, Gujarat.
Beruni who wrote Kitab-ul Hind, and Firdausi, who wrote Shah Namah, were the court Historians of Mahmud Ghazni and give a good account of the polity and society on the eve of Mahmood‘s invasion. From 1010 to 1026, the invasions were thus directed toward the temple-towns of Thaneswar, Mathura, Kannauj and finally Somnath.

Founder of Muslim empire in India
In AD 1173 Shahabuddin Muhammad (AD 1173–1206) also called Muhammad of Ghori ascended the throne of Ghazni.
Muhammad Ghori led his first expedition in AD 1175. He marched against Multan and freed it from its ruler. In the same campaign he captured Uchch from the Bhatti Rajputs.
Three years later in AD 1178 he again marched to conquer Gujarat but the Chalukya ruler of Gujarat, Bhima II defeated him at the battle of Anhilwara.
In AD 1190 having secured Multan, Sind and Punjab, Muhammad Ghori paved the way for a further thrust into the Gangetic Doab.
A fierce battle was fought between Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan in which prithvi defeated the Ghori called the first battle of Tarain in 1191 AD.
Second battle of tarain was fought in 1192 AD in that battle Ghori defeated the Chouhan.
Ghori fought the third battle with jaichand at chandawar called battle of chandawar and crush the jaichand.
Ghori was assassinated in 1206 AD
His Viceroy Qutubudin Aibek found the Slave dynasty in India.

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