Mihir Bhoja of Pratiharas: Maharajadhiraja Mihir Bhoja was perhaps the most illustrious of the Pratihara emperors. He ruled for a long...

Vatsaraja and Nagabhatta II - Pratihara emperors Vatsaraja who ruled from 780 – 800 AD and Nagabhatta II from 800 – 833 AD were very...

Pratihara Empire – the beginnings The Pratihara empire came into being in 730 AD. The founder was Nagabhatta Pratihara I who was...

Avanijanasharaya Pulakeshin: The Chalukyas of Navsari ruled what are parts of modern-day Maharashtra and Southern Gujarat. A Viceroy...

Bappa Rawal defeats the Arabs: Bappa Rawal is considered as the founder of the Kingdom of Mewar under the Guhila dynasty. A legendary...

Nagabhatta Pratihara defeats the Arabs : The Arabs after the death of Bin Qasim attempted to make deeper inroads into India. They...

The death of Mohammed bin Qasim: After Raja Dahir’s defeat, his elder queen fought on and then committed Jauhar. His younger queen was...

Further movements by Mohammed bin Qasim in India After defeating Dahir, Bin Qasim moved to make further inroads into India. He captured...

Mohammed bin Qasim and the capture of Sindh: After repeated failures for close to 80 years, the Arabs sent an army in 710 AD under a 17...

Repulse of Arab raids into India in 7th century second half: With consolidation of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Arab world, the Umayyad...

Frontier Indian Kingdoms and Arabs: When the Arabs overran Persia, they came into contact with what was then the frontiers of India....

Indian forces resist Arab onslaughts: Having reached Bahrain and Oman and also having conquered Persia in all of 20 years, the Arabs...

Arab conquest of Persia: The Arab Muslim conquest of Persia ( Iran ) happened under Caliph Umar. Persia was then ruled by Sassanids who...

Raja Dahir – the martyr King of Sindh Raja Dahir was the King of Sindh. He had defeated many attempts by Arabs to conquer his kingdom and...

Maharaja Dahir of Sindh offered resistance to Arabs The Umayyad Caliphate continued its policies of expansion. Its naval raids on Thana,...

Early Islamic invasions of India By the time Harshavardhana established the Pushyabhuti empire encompassing north India in the first half...

Kharavela A Chakravrthin ruler, Kharavela was initially a King of Kalinga, under whom a very large empire grew that conquered Magadh,...

Samrat Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhuti dynasty: The Pushyabhuti dynasty originated at Thanesar in modern day Haryana. It grew in power...

Maukhari Empire and Chess Maukhuri Kings came to power beginning of 6th century AD. They ruled large parts of North India and were strong...

Yashodharman of Malwa Yashodharman of Malwa ruled a large empire traversing North, East, West and Central India from 515-545 AD, a long...