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<div class="ind-card ind-span2"><div class="ind-card-h">New wing — the resistance chronicle</div><span class="ind-badge">MILITARY HISTORY · DYNASTIES OF INDIA</span>
<div class="ind-card ind-span2"><div class="ind-card-h">New wing — the resistance chronicle</div><span class="ind-badge">MILITARY HISTORY · DYNASTIES OF INDIA</span>
<div class="ind-t">[[Mahmud of Ghazni — The Raider and the Resistance]]</div>
<div class="ind-t">[[The Resistance Chronicle]]</div>
<p>The full campaign ledger of the most famous invader — including what the textbooks skip: '''Lohkot''', the Kashmir fortress that beat him twice; Kalinjar untaken; the confederacy of 1008, funded by the ornaments of Indian women; and the kings who answered, from Jayapala’s pyre to the Jats of the desert. With the two-worlds map of 970 and the four-century chain from the first Arab raid of 636.</p>
<p>The full campaign ledger of the most famous invader — including what the textbooks skip: '''Lohkot''', the Kashmir fortress that beat him twice; Kalinjar untaken; the confederacy of 1008, funded by the ornaments of Indian women; and the kings who answered, from Jayapala’s pyre to the Jats of the desert. With the two-worlds map of 970 and the four-century chain from the first Arab raid of 636.</p>
<p class="ind-meta">[[The Caliphate and India — A Timeline (636–1030)|The timeline →]] · [[Dynasties of India|The dynasties →]] · [[Jyotirlingas|The twelve shrines →]]</p></div>
<p class="ind-meta">[[Mahmud of Ghazni — The Raider and the Resistance|The ledger →]] · [[The Caliphate and India — A Timeline (636–1030)|The timeline →]] · [[Mewar — The House of Eklingji|Mewar →]] · [[Dynasties of India|The dynasties →]]</p></div>


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<div class="ind-card"><div class="ind-card-h">Quote of the day</div>

Revision as of 13:26, 12 June 2026

Indopedia
The Encyclopedia of Indian History — from Indian eyes · इतिहासेन विद्महे
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Featured article
TEMPLES & ARCHITECTURE · WEST INDIA

First of the twelve Jyotirlingas, on the Saurashtra shore. Founded in stone by the 10th century, celebrated by Al-Biruni as the harbour-temple of the Indian Ocean trade, razed by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1026, rebuilt by Kumarapala — and raised again by the new Republic in 1951. The shrine eternal of Indian memory, told through period photographs and the raider's own chroniclers.

Epoch: Age of Regional Empires · Theme: Jyotirlingas · (Read the full article →)

On this day

12 June

1665 — The Treaty of Purandar concluded (signed 11–12 June): Shivaji cedes twenty-three forts to Mirza Raja Jai Singh — and lives to take every one of them back.

The live calendar grows as articles are added.

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Hydaspes 326 BCEKalinga 261 BCEAror 712Rajasthan 738Waihind 1008Lohkot 1015 & 1021Tarain 1191–92Khanwa 1527Talikota 1565Haldighati 1576Saraighat 1671Plassey 1757Panipat III 1761

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New wing — the resistance chronicle
MILITARY HISTORY · DYNASTIES OF INDIA

The full campaign ledger of the most famous invader — including what the textbooks skip: Lohkot, the Kashmir fortress that beat him twice; Kalinjar untaken; the confederacy of 1008, funded by the ornaments of Indian women; and the kings who answered, from Jayapala’s pyre to the Jats of the desert. With the two-worlds map of 970 and the four-century chain from the first Arab raid of 636.

The ledger → · The timeline → · Mewar → · The dynasties →

Quote of the day

"In all their grandeur, they never slackened in the ardent desire of doing that which is good and right… men of noble sentiment and noble bearing."

— Al-Biruni on the Hindu Shahis, Kitab al-Hind, c. 1030 — the enemy’s own tribute

Picture of the day

The two worlds of 970 — the religious map of the Afghan lands at Mahmud’s birth. An original Indopedia map, from the new ledger article.

Indian history in the news
  • New excavation season announced at Rakhigarhi (sample item)
  • Chola-era copper plates found in Tamil Nadu (sample item)
  • Conservation milestone at Hampi (sample item)
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Hampi — capital of Vijayanagara

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Epoch: Vijayanagara Era

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