T - The TURKISH INVASION
T - The TURKISH INVASION
T - The TURKISH INVASION
❖ The Rajputs had a weak war machinery. Indians fought with slow
moving elephants.
❖ Internal jealousy and hatred bred disunity between Prithviraj and
Jaichand at the crucial moments
❖ The feudatory nature of the society also led to the decline of
Rajputs.
❖ Lack of leadership and clashes between the feudal lords weakened
the king.
❖ Turk rulers were more determined to win as they came from far-off
lands.
IMPACT OF THE RAIDS
● It led to the intermingling of the cultures. Islamic culture brought the idea of
single of Formless god.
● Indo-Islamic contacts resulted in the emergence of a composite culture which
was manifested in in the architecture, language, music and food of those
time.
● It also opened the migration of people in large no. to different subcontinents.
● New political system was established in the northern India.