UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2019 · Q7(b) · 15 marks
Internal strife and conflict beset with personal ambitions was enough of an invitation for the Ghurids to invade India. Discuss.
- Chapter
- The Thirteenth Century
- Topic
- Ghurid Invasions and the Turkish Conquest
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