Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent

Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place from the 12th to the 16th centuries, though earlier Muslim conquests made limited inroads into modern Afghanistan and Pakistan as early as the time of the Rajput kingdoms in the 7th century. With the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, Islam spread across large parts of the subcontinent. Quotes Its water is dark; its fruit is bitter and poisonous; its land is stony, and its earth is saltish. A small army will soon be annihilated there... The Chachnama. Hakim's report about Hind and Sindh to Caliph Uthman who thought about invading North-western India. Quoted in Misra, R. G. (2005). Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders up to 1206 A.D. p.17 Also translated as : Water is scarce, the fruits are poor, and the robbers are bold; if few troops are sent, they will be slain, if many, they will starve to death. Elliot and Dowson, The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol. 1, 116. quoted in Balakrishna, S. Invaders and infidels: From Sindh to Delhi : the 500- year journey of Islamic invasions. New Delhi : BloomsBury, 2021. Also translated as : “Its water is dark and dirty. Its fruit is bitter and poisonous. Its land is stony and its earth is salt. A small army will soon be annihilated there, and a large one will soon die of hunger.” quoted in Naipaul, V.S. - Among the Believers (Vintage, 1982) The conquest of India is the conquest of culture by those who lacked it. K.M. Munshi, Somanatha: The Shrine Eternal (Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1965), 32. quoted in Sandeep Balakrishna - Invaders and Infidels_ From Sindh to Delhi_ The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions. Bloomsbury India (2020) See also Persecution of Hindus Persecution of Buddhists Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent External links Quotes about Islamic invasions of India Quotations from Islamic literary sources Category:History of India Category:History of Pakistan Category:Islam and other religions Category:Islam and war Category:Islam in Pakistan Category:Islam in India