Question

what was Ala- us - din's chief
aim in sending expeditions to Southern India

Answer 1

Alauddin was motivated by the following considerations for making invasion of the South Indian states:

1. Alauddin was an ambitious and imperialist Sultan. He intended to conquer the entire India. Hence after conquering Northern India, he paid attention to South India. In fact, the expansionist policy of Alauddin was the most obvious reason for invading the South.

2. The states of the South were very prosperous and rich sand Sultan Alauddin Khalji was in need of money for the completion of his schemes and for disbursing the salaries of the soldiers. He knew well about the prosperity of the South after his first successful ex­pedition to Deogiri in 1296 a.d. So he made a plan to conquer the South in order to get the required money.