Ghurid campaigns in India

Ghurid campaigns in India
Part of Ghurid conquests

Total extend of Ghurid Dynasty
Date1175–1206
Location
Present day Pakistan, North India and Bangladesh
Result Ghurid victory
Territorial
changes
Expansion of Ghurid Empire as far as Bengal Delta
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
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.