History Passion

  Arab Invasions of India 636 AD to 715 AD Harshvardhana created an empire in north India in the early seventh century AD. This coincided with two important events in world history - the rise of the Tang Empire in China and the rise of the Islamic empire in Middle East.  The Arabs after conquering Arabia and Levant, attacked Persia and in a series of fiercely contested battles conquered Persia by 654 AD. Obviously their next port of call literally was India. Here they met fierce resistance. Their naval expeditions to Surat, Bharuch and Debal were defeated. Their attempts to enter through the Khyber pass were defeated by Zunbil rulers. King Chach of Sindh defeated them in Makran and King Dahir later defeated them in many engagements. As many as four successive Arab commanders were killed in many invasion attempts that all failed to achieve anything significant for close to  80 years between 630 AD and 710 AD. Finally a land expedition was launched under Mohammed bin Qasim that reached D