Question

5. What was the outcome of the battle at Peshawar in 1001 CE
which forces were involved in this battle?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Jayapala was defeated and captured, and as a result of the humiliation of the defeat, he later immolated himself in a funeral pyre. This is the first of many major battles in the expansion of the Ghaznavid Empire into the Indian subcontinent by Mahmud of Ghazni.