Book contents
- The Cambridge History of War
- The Cambridge History of War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction to volume II
- Part I Foundations, c.600–1000 ce
- Part II Interactions, c.1000–1300 ce
- Part III Nations and Formations, c.1300–1500 ce
- 13 Western Europe, 1300–1500
- 14 Warfare and Italian states, 1300–1500
- 15 The reconquest and the Spanish monarchies
- 16 The Byzantine empire and the Balkans, 1204–1453
- 17 Ottoman expansion and military power, 1300–1453
- 18 India, c.1200–c.1500
- 19 Southeast Asia, 1300–1540
- 20 Japan, 1200–1550
- 21 The Americas
- Part IV Comparisons: Cross-Cultural Analysis
- Select bibliography
- Index
18 - India, c.1200–c.1500
from Part III - Nations and Formations, c.1300–1500 ce
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 September 2020
- The Cambridge History of War
- The Cambridge History of War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction to volume II
- Part I Foundations, c.600–1000 ce
- Part II Interactions, c.1000–1300 ce
- Part III Nations and Formations, c.1300–1500 ce
- 13 Western Europe, 1300–1500
- 14 Warfare and Italian states, 1300–1500
- 15 The reconquest and the Spanish monarchies
- 16 The Byzantine empire and the Balkans, 1204–1453
- 17 Ottoman expansion and military power, 1300–1453
- 18 India, c.1200–c.1500
- 19 Southeast Asia, 1300–1540
- 20 Japan, 1200–1550
- 21 The Americas
- Part IV Comparisons: Cross-Cultural Analysis
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
The years around 1200 ce mark a significant turning point in the history of warfare in India, due to the decisive campaigns waged in northern India by the Ghurids of Afghanistan and the concomitant introduction of new forms of military culture from the eastern Islamic world. While limited parts of India’s periphery had been under Islamic rule long before this time, it was only under the Ghurids that Islamic control was established in the core region along the Ganga and Yamuna rivers (the “Ganga-Yamuna Doab”). A series of decisive battles was carried out here between 1192 and 1206, under the direction of Quṭb al-Dīn Aybeg, a Turkish slave commander (ghulām) in the service of the Ghurid sultan Mu‘izz al-Dīn Muḥammad bin Sām. Even after Mu‘izz al-Dīn’s death in 1206, Aybeg remained in India controlling the newly acquired Ghurid territories from his base in Lahore in the Punjab.
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- The Cambridge History of War , pp. 470 - 506Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020