Question

Analyse and list the factors that helped in the establishment of Turkish rule in north India.

Answer 1

There were many factors which helped Mahmud of Ghur in successfully establishing Turkish rule in India.

Although Mahmud of Ghazni did not try to set up and consolidate his Empire in India, he decimated the military strength along with plundering the wealth of the regions wherever he could have reached.

So, it can be safely described that Mahmud of Ghazni prepared the stage by paving the way, for his next generation to establish a Turkish rule in northern India. This assumption can be considered apt in the light of this fact that after almost a gap of nearly one hundred and fifty years, Muhammad of Ghur began his military campaigns in India in AD 1175. There were many factors which helped Mahmud of Ghur in successfully establishing Turkish rule in India.