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Name: Wars of conquest of Muktapida

Type: Event

Start: 741 AD

End: 761 AD

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In the VIII century Muktapida, an Indian king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, created a short-lived empire covering most of India.

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  • January 741: Malwa was lost to Gurjara-Pratiharas before the arab invasion (735-736).
  • January 761: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.
  • January 741: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.
  • January 741: Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Nagabhata I (730-756) extended his control east and south from Mandor, conquering Malwa as far as Gwalior and the port of Bharuch in Gujarat.
  • January 746: In 745, Gao Xianzhi marched across the Pamirs with 10,000 men and conquered Little Balur (Gilgit), a client state of the Tibetan Empire.
  • January 751: According to tradition Kutlehar state was founded around 750 AD by an ancestral king named Raja Gopal.

  • Selected Sources


  • Schwartzberg, J. E. (1992); A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago (USA), p. 146
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