Hindu Shahi
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A Hindu dynasty that controlled the Kabul Valley (Eastern Afghanistan), Gandhara (modern-day Pakistan), and present-day Northwestern India, during the early medieval period in the Indian subcontinent.
Establishment
January 851: The Hindu Shahis or Kabul Shahis (850-1026 CE) were a Hindu dynasty that held sway over the Kabul Valley (Eastern Afghanistan), Gandhara (modern-day Pakistan), and present-day Northwestern India, during the early medieval period in the Indian subcontinent.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Abu Ibrahim Isma'il ibn Ahmad in the Samanid Empire.
January 901: The Shahi dynasty ruled Kabul until around 900 CE when the territory was conquered by the Samanid Empire, a Persian dynasty known for their cultural and intellectual achievements. This marked the end of Shahi rule in Kabul.
Expansion during the rule of Mahmud of the Ghaznavids.
January 1027: Trilochana Pala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty was killed in the conquest campaigns of Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021. His sons fled to Kashmir and five years later (1026) the last king of the dynasty, Bhima Pala, was defeated by the Ghaznavids.
January 880: The Hindu Shahi dynasty, ruled by King Jayapala, recaptured Kabul in 879 CE after it had briefly fallen to the Abbasid Caliphate. This marked a significant victory for the Hindu Shahi over the Muslim rulers in the region.
January 988: In 986-87 CE, Peshawar's first encounter with Muslim armies occurred when Sabuktigin invaded the area and fought the Hindu Shahis under their king, Anandpal.
January 991: Sabuktigin, the founder of the Ghaznavid Empire, began expanding the Empire by capturing Samanid and Kabul Shahi territories, including most of what is now Afghanistan and part of Pakistan.
Disestablishment
January 1027: Trilochana Pala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty was killed in the conquest campaigns of Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021. His sons fled to Kashmir and five years later (1026) the last king of the dynasty, Bhima Pala, was defeated by the Ghaznavids.
