Jayapala Shahi, the son of Asatapala, succeeded the last Brahmin Hindu Shahi Bhima and thus began the start of the Janjua Rajput phase of Shahiya Dynasty. Coin of the Shahi king Spalapati Deva, circa 750-900. ... Asatapala is father of Indian Ruler Jayapala. ... A Brahmin (anglicised from the Sanskrit word IAST ; Devanagari ), also known as Vipra, Dvija, Dvijottama (best of the Dvijas), (god on Earth) is the highest caste in Indian caste system within Hindu society. ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... Pakistans Ex-Chief of Army Staff General Asif Nawaz Janjua of Chakri Rajgaan International Cricketer Sajid Mahmood, a Janjua Rajput from Raja Kala Khan of Maira Matore, Kahuta The Janjua Rajput (Urdu: جنجوعہ, Punjabi ਜਨ੍ਜੁਅ) (also spelt Janjuha, Janjuah) are one of the most dominant royal warrior clans of Punjab. ...

Career

Jayapala saw a danger in the consolidation of a new kingdom and assaulted Ghazni under both Sebuk Tigin and his son Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, thereby beginning the Ghaznavid and Hindu Shahi struggles.^[1] Under Sebuk Tigin he was defeated and then forced to pay an indemnity;^[1] he defaulted on the payment and took the field once more^[1] and lost lands all the way from Kabul valley to the Indus River.^[2] In 1001 soon after Mahmud came to power to and was occupied with the Qarakhanids to his north, he assaulted Ghazni once more and upon suffering his yet another defeat to the Ghaznavid forces in 1001 AD, near Peshawar, committed himself to a funeral pyre because his subjects thought he had brought disaster and disgrace to the dynasty.^[1] Ghazni (Persian: غزنی , Ğaznī) is a city in eastern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 149,998 people. ... Abu Mansur Sebük Tigin (Persian: ‎ ) (ca 942 - August 997) is generally regarded by historians as the founder of the Ghaznavid Empire and dynasty in what is today Afghanistan and Pakistan, even though the Amir Sabuktigin was the son-in-law of Alptigin who actually seized Ghazni in a political... Mahmud and Ayaz The Sultan is to the right, shaking the hand of the sheykh, with Ayaz standing behind him. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... The position of the Sindhu River in Iron Age (Vedic) India. ... The Muslim, Turkic Kara-Khanid Khanate is not to be confused with the Sinitic, Khitan Kara-Khitan Khanate. ... The Ghaznavid Empire (سلسله غزنویان in Persian) was a state in the region of todays Afghanistan that existed from 962 to 1187. ... Peshāwar (Pashto: پښور; Urdu:پشاور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pakhawar in Pashto. ...

Succession

He was succeeded by his son Anandapala^[1] and other succeeding generations of the Shahiya dynasty took part in various unsuccessful campaigns against Ghazni, and were eventually exiled to Kashmir Siwalik Hills. Anandapala is the son of Indian ruler Jayapala. ... The Siwalik Hills (sometimes spelled Shiwalik, Shivalik, or Sivalik) are a sub-Himalayan mountain range running 1,600 km long from the Tista River, Sikkim, through Nepal and India, into northern Pakistan. ...

Footnotes

Sources

• Ferishta, History of the Rise of Mohammedan Power in India, Volume 1: Section 15 Online Version last accessed 20 Oct 2006
• Ram Gopal Misra, Indian Resistance to Early Muslim Invaders Up to 1206 A.D., Anu Books, Shivaji Road, Meerut city, 1983. The book has been reprinted in 1992.
• Sita Ram Goel: Heroic Hindu Resistance to Muslim Invaders, 2001.
• P. M. ( Peter Malcolm) Holt, Bernard Lewis, The Cambridge History of Islam, Cambridge University Press, Apr 21, 1977, ISBN 0-521-29137-2

Firishta or Ferishta (c. ... Sita Ram Goel (Devanāgarī: सीता राम गोयल, Sītā Rām Goyal) (1921–2003), author and publisher, is an important figure amongst late 20th century Hindu thinkers. ... Heroic Hindu Resistance to Muslim Invaders (636 AD to 1206 AD) is a book by Sita Ram Goel that was published in 2001. ... Prof. ...

See also

• Asatapala
• Anandapala
• Shahi
• Gandhara
• Janjua