tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69758000451048536942012-02-15T23:18:38.450-08:00Digvijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329005608971922893noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975800045104853694.post-55940314424304193902007-02-11T11:18:00.001-08:002007-03-03T05:04:41.771-08:00<big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bappa Rawal</span><br /></big> <p><big><a name="Bappa_Rawal" id="Bappa_Rawal"></a></big></p> <h4 bappa="" rawal=""><big> </big></h4> <div class="thumb tright"><big> </big> <div style="width: 252px;"><big><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Chittorgarh.jpg" style="width: 703px; height: 477px;" /><br /></big> <div style="font-weight: bold;" class="thumbcaption"><small><small>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittorgarh" title="Chittorgarh">Chittorgarh</a> fort in Rajasthan was the site of several battles between the Rajputs and the Islamic invaders.</small></small></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><big><br />Muslims started attacking India within a few decades of the birth of Islam. For a few hundred years they had no success. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Qasim" title="Muhammad bin Qasim">Mohammed Bin Qasim</a> was able to defeat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahir" title="Dahir">Dahir</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a> but was routed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bappa_Rawal" title="Bappa Rawal">Bappa Rawal</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Qasim" title="Muhammad bin Qasim">Qasim</a> attacked <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittore" title="Chittore">Chittore</a>, which was ruled by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mori" title="Mori">Mori</a> Rajputs, via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathura" title="Mathura">Mathura</a>. Bappa, of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guhilote" title="Guhilote">guhilote</a> dynasty, was a commander in Mori army and so was Dahir's son. Bappa defeated and pursued <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Qasim" title="Muhammad bin Qasim">Bin Qasim</a> through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra" title="Saurashtra">Saurashtra</a> and back to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>. After this resounding defeat of the caliphate at the hands of Bappa in 712 A.D., Sindh mulsims paid tribute to Hindu rajputs. (note Muslim historians rarely recorded the defeats of their kings).<br /></big></div> <big><br />Then <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni" title="Mahmud of Ghazni">Mahmud</a> started his raids and was successful in looting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnath" title="Somnath">Somnath</a>.</big><br /><a href="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://hindurajput.blogspot.com" id="clustrMapsLink"><img src="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/index2.php?url=http://hindurajput.blogspot.com" alt="Locations of visitors to this page" onerror="this.onError=null; this.src='http://www.meetomatic.com/images/clustrmaps-back-soon.jpg'; document.getElementById('clustrMapsLink').href='http://clustrmaps.com/'" border="1" /><br /></a><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1448208-1"; urchinTracker(); </script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6975800045104853694-5594031442430419390?l=rajput-bappa-rawal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Digvijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329005608971922893noreply@blogger.com0