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Anandapala
Anandapala, son of Shahi king Jayapala of Kabul, succeeded around 1002 and continued resisting Ghazni invasions, but was repeatedly defeated by Mahmu…
Timeline
- c. 1002–1006Waihand · PunjabSucceeded after his father's death, moved the capital to Waihand, and actively liaised with the Pala dynasty of North India and various Hindu princes to form an anti-Ghazni alliance, attempting to recover lost territory and halt the eastward advance of Islamic forces.
- 1006–1010Lahore · PunjabBetween 1006 and 1010 Mahmud campaigned repeatedly; though Anandapala received support from the Pala dynasty's Rajapala and others, he suffered repeated defeats at Waihand and elsewhere, losing all of western Punjab, and was finally forced to submit to the Ghazni sultan and pay tribute.
Sources
- Anandapala https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anandapala
- The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol. II — Henry Miers Elliot (ed.) (1869)