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100			_aBalakrishna, Sandeep _913363
245			_aInvaders and infidels: _bfrom Sindh to Delhi: the 500-year journey of Islamic invasions (Book 1)
260			_bBloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. _aNew Delhi _c2022
300			_axvii, 206 p.
365			_aINR _b599.00
520			_aThe Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilisation is a precious good, whose delicate complex of order and freedom, culture and peace can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within. ~Will Durant, American historian Invaders and Infidels: From Sindh to Delhi: The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions is a work of gripping history, which tells the story of the origins and trajectory of Islamic invasions into India. It begins with the first Muslim conquest and ends with Babur's invasion of Hindustan, spanning the period of the Delhi Sultanate which was in power for almost 320 years. This epochal story encompasses a vast sweep of events, which changed the history of India forever, and introduced it to an alien faith and a religious despotism such as the country had never experienced before. It comprises major and minor sagas of great heroism, untold savagery, stout resistance, brutal intrigues and epic tragedies. Embedded in this narrative are two major themes, largely overlooked in the inherited Indian historical and cultural memory. For more than three hundred years, alien Muslim invasions into India were largely fleeting, transitory and unstable. However, the lasting legacy of these Muslim invasions is the permanent destruction and disappearance of Classical India. Invaders and Infidels will fascinate anyone interested in the story of pre-Medieval India, a gateway era in the history of this ancient culture and civilisation. (https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/invaders-and-infidels-book-1-9789356400641/)
650			_aMuslims _913535
650			_aIndia _913116
650			_aIndia--Delhi (Sultanate) _913536
650			_aKings and rulers _912783
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