• The Hindu Shahis, also referred to as the Kabul Shahis and Uḍi Śāhis, were a dynasty established between 843 CE and 1026 CE. They endured multiple waves...
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  • The Turk Shahis or Kabul Shahis were a dynasty of Western Turk, or mixed Turko-Hephthalite, or a group of Hephthalites origin, that ruled from Kabul and...
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    the Hindu Shahis and the Saffarids. The predecessor of the Hindu Shahis were the Turk Shahis. They suffered great reverses from the Abbasid Caliphate which...
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    under the rule of Hindu Shahis, but went into sharp decline with the advent of Islam through the Ghaznavids, who defeated the Shahis. Nonetheless, it continued...
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    triumphant, ruling over Northern India. The 8th century CE witnessed the Hindu Shahis rise, known for defeating the Saffarid dynasty and the Samanid Empire...
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    according to Rajatarangini, Hindu Shahis were Kshatriyas. According to available inscriptions following are the names of Hindu Shahi kings: Vakkadeva, Kamalavarman...
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    First Battle of Laghman (category Kabul Shahi)
    and the Hindu Shahis under Jayapala in 988 CE. The Ghaznavids defeated the Hindu Shahis and Jayapala signed a treaty in which the Hindu Shahis paid tribute...
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    Ghaznavid campaigns in India (category Kabul Shahi)
    Afghanistan. Sabuktigin's forces defeated the combined armies of Lawik and the Hindu Shahis, resulting in the death and capture of many of their soldiers. Abu Ali...
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    al-'Alam) taking place during the rule of the Hindu Shahis. Lahore was made the capital of the Hindu Shahi Kingdom in the year 1001. From 800–900 AD it...
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    the Hindu Śāhis by a more accurate name, "Uḍi Śāhis". The Last Two Dynasties of The Shāhis. 1976. pp. 96–101. The Last Two Dynasties of The Shāhis. 1976...
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    The Golconda sultanate was constantly in conflict with the Adil Shahis and Nizam Shahis, which it shared borders with in the seventeenth century to the...
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    Battle of Chach (category Kabul Shahi)
    neighbouring Emirate of Multan (1006), Mahmud mounted an invasion of the Hindu Shahis circa December 1006, for reasons which are not clear. Correspondence...
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    Afghanistan should not be attributed to the period of the Hindu Shahis but to that of the Turki Shahis." Images of the sculptures of Khair Khaneh in "Afghanistan...
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    battleground of Samutla, and Lahore was annexed by the Shahis. Rahman speculates that the Shahis were trying to balance their losses against the Ghaznavids...
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    Second Battle of Laghman (category Kabul Shahi)
    the Hindu Shahi under Jayapala near Laghman in 991 AD. It took place near Laghman, present day Afghanistan. The Ghaznavids defeated the Hindu Shahis and...
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    Turk Shahis managed to gain control of the region and ruled starting from around the sixth century, but were later overthrown by the Hindu Shahis. The...
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    were originally Hindus, but later became Muslims. They were closely related to the Hindu Shahis, and after 877, ruled under the Hindu Shahi suzerainty. A...
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    Ganesh offers a memorial inscription, to Turk Shahis king Khingala of Oddiyana. The following Hindu Shahis are believed to belong to the Uḍi/Oḍi tribe,...
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    Afghanistan should not be attributed to the period of the Hindu Shahis but to that of the Turki Shahis." Vijay Nath 2001, p. 31. Vijay Nath 2001, pp. 31–32...
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    the capital of several empires during the medieval era, including the Hindu Shahis, Ghaznavids and Delhi Sultanate. It succeeded Multan as the primary cultural...
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    expanding eastwards they came into conflict with the Hindu Shahis. This led to the Hindu Shahi ruler to form an alliance with Rajput rulers in the Punjab...
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    was ruled by the Hindu Shahi dynasty beginning in the 8th century, who made their capital at Udigram in lower Swat. The Hindu Shahis are believed to belong...
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    Kushan kings shrank. The Turk Shahis ruled Gandhara until 870, when they were overthrown by the Hindu Shahis. The Hindu Shahis are believed to belong to the...
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    the neighbouring Emirate of Multan. In 1008-9, he again vanquished the Hindu Shahis at the Battle of Chach, and established Governors in the conquered areas...
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    Paratarajas, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahis, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Samma, the Shah Miris, the...
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    the 3 centuries of Islamic rule over Punjab. Ghaznavids overthrew the Hindu Shahis and consequently ruled for 157 years, gradually declining as a power...
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    Fromo Kesaro (category Kabul Shahi)
    transcription of "Rome Caesar") was a king of the Turk Shahis (also known as the Kabul Shahis), a dynasty of Western Turk or mixed Western Turk-Hephthalite...
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    Zabulistan (category Kabul Shahi)
    Gandhara civilization." The Kabul Shahis are generally split up into two eras: the Buddhist Shahis and the Hindu Shahis, with the change-over thought to...
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  • to the early 9th century CE. The Shahis are generally split up into two eras: the Buddhist Shahis and the Hindu Shahis, with the change-over thought to...
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    this period, Hindu and Buddhist art and architecture flourished in the area. With the decline of the imperial Guptas, the Hindu Shahis came to rule the...
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