| Ghurid campaigns in India | |||||||||
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| Part of Ghurid conquests | |||||||||
 Total extend of Ghurid Dynasty | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ghurid Empire |
Ghaznavid Empire Isma'ilis of Multan Chauhan Dynasty Rajput confederation Kachchhapaghata dynasty Soomra dynasty Chaulukya dynasty Paramara dynasty Bhati Rajputs Chahamanas of Shakambhari Gahadavala dynasty Chahamanas of Jalor Chahamanas of Naddula Kingdom of Mewar Jadaun Rajputs Parihar Rajputs Sena Dynasty Khokhars Dor Rajputs Chandelas of Jejakabhukti Paramaras of Chandravati | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Muhammad of Ghor (WIA) Qutb ud-Din Aibak Nasir ad-Din Qabacha Bahauddin Tughril Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji Husain ibn Kharmil Iltutmish |
Khusrau Malik (POW) Prithviraj Chauhan (POW) Govindaraja IV Hariraja Sulakshanapala Samantasimha Mularaja II Bhima II Jayachandra † Harishchandra Kelhanadeva Lakshmana Sena Jayatasimha Kumarpal Paramardi Trailokyavarman Dharavarsha Kirtipala | ||||||||
The Ghurid campaigns in India were a series of invasions for 31 years (1175–1206) by the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor (r. 1173–1206) in the last quarter of the twelfth and early decade of the thirteenth century which lead to the widespread expansion of the Ghurid empire in the Indian subcontinent.
Muhammad of Ghor incursions into India started as early as 1175 and thenceforth continued to lead his armies in the Indian subcontinent until his assassination near the Indus on March 15, 1206. During these invasions, Muhammad conquered the Indus Basin from the Ghaznavids and other Ismāʿīlīya rulers and penetrated into the Gangetic doab after defeating a Rajput Confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan near Tarain avenging his earlier rout at the same battlefield. While the Ghurid empire was short lived and fell apart in 1215, Mu'izz al-Din's watershed victory in the Second Battle of Tarain established a permanent Muslim presence and influence in the Indian subcontinent.
During his campaigns in India, Mu'izz al-Din extirpated several local dynasties which included the Isma'ilis of Multan, Ghaznavids of Lahore, Chauhans of Ajmer, Tomaras of Delhi, Jadauns of Bayana and possibly the Gahadavalas of Kannauj as well.