ICSE Class 7 History & Civics Question 2 of 5

The Turkish Invasions — Question 3

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Who was Muhammad Ghori? Why did he come to India?

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Muhammad Ghori was the ruler of a petty hill-state of Ghur in Afghanistan. He attacked the north-west frontier of India with the aim of conquering northern India. He made the first systematic attempt to found a Turko-Afghan empire in India.