⚔ Conquest / annexation · ★ Major
Mahmud of Ghazni begins his raids on India
1000 – present · 📍 Northwest frontier
What it led to: About seventeen raids followed over 25 years.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- c. 993 CE ⚔ Chola invasion of Sri Lanka · Chola Empire
- 1001 ⚔ Mahmud defeats Jayapala at Peshawar · Ghaznavid Empire
- 1008 ⚔ Battle of Chach · Ghaznavid Empire
- 1010 Brihadisvara Temple completed · Chola Empire
Alive at the time
Al-Biruni
c. 973 CE – c. 1050
Author of the Kitab al-Hind, a study of India
Atisha Dipankara982 CE – 1054
Vikramashila scholar who revived Buddhism in Tibet
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Regional Kingdoms & Ghaznavid/Ghurid ExpansionBelongs to this period
👑 Rulers 4
- Sabuktigin 977 CE – 997 CERuled it
- Mahmud of Ghazni 998 CE – 1030Ruled it
- Mas'ud I 1030 – 1040Ruled it
- Khusrau Malik 1160 – 1186Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Al-Biruni c. 973 CE – c. 1050Lived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Mahmud of Ghazni begins his raids on India 1000Happened in it
- Mahmud of Ghazni raids Somnath 1026Happened in it
- Mahmud defeats Jayapala at Peshawar 1001Happened in it
- Battle of Chach 1008Happened in it
- Mahmud sacks Mathura and Kannauj 1018Happened in it
- Al-Biruni writes the Kitab al-Hind 1030Happened in it
🔧 Technology 1
- Stepwells: Rani-ki-Vav 11th centuryMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- How feudal was Indian feudalism? R. S. Sharma · 1985Research on this topic
- Was there feudalism in Indian history? Harbans Mukhia · 1981Research on this topic
- Political Processes and Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India: Problems o… B. D. Chattopadhyaya · 1985Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading