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Question
Write about the invasion of Timur in 1398.
Answer in Brief
Solution
- The sacking and massacre by Tamerlane or Timur of Delhi came a decade after Firuz ME Shah Tughluq died.
- Timur had occupied some parts in the north-west of India.
- Taking advantage of India’s weakness, he entered India in December 1398 and plundered Delhi.
- Punjab, besides the Delhi city, was the province that suffered most by Timur’s raid.
- Apart from carrying huge wealth in the form of gold, silver, jewels, also took along Indian artisans like carpenters and masons to work on monuments in Samarkand.
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Timur’s Invasion (1398)
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