Everything from China to Russia, from Turkey to Central Asia was under the control of Mongols, so they had India surrounded from the Northern, Western and Eastern sides.
If you think I am overselling my point consider this- by the time Alauddin had ascended the throne in Delhi the Mongols controlled the largest land empire ever in the history of mankind. Although this could be said about different kingdoms and empires in India across history, but the threat to Indian civilization and culture during Alauddin Khilji’s reign was unprecedented. Below, I have tried to make it clear why we need to change the way we look at Alauddin Khilji.Īlauddin Khilji’s kingdom was a state which was constantly at war. What could have been a simple explanation was turned into something very complicated and hence inaccessible to people not trained in history, which resulted in Alauddin Khilji’s unnecessarily demonization and politicization. I really like Indian Leftist historians, some of them are my role models like Irfan Habib (not the bearded one, but the clean shaven one, although the bearded one is cool too), but sadly they have made a big mess while trying to explain Alauddin Khilji’s supposed “anti-Hindu” policies. (In view of its topicality, we are republishing this story) If Alauddin Khilji had failed to stop the Mongol Invasion of India, the Mongols would have engaged in a large scale slaughter of the Hindus
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