GHORID of GHAZNA Muhammad bin Sam 1173-1203 AD jital

DescriptionMuhammad bin Sam of Ghor started his career by conquering his relatives in Ghazni. Then he entered India, where he made extensive acquisitions. He was assassinated by a religious faction. His generals fought each other. From the conflicts the Delhi Sultanate emerged.The Ghorids were a (probably) Tajik family who ruled a region of central and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. They became independent actors when the Ghaznavids (Turkic) were defeated by the Seljuks (also Turkic). There were several lines in different parts of the overall Empire. They contended with their neighbors and eventually went into India proper, where they captured a lot of territory and destroyed a lot of Hindu and Buddhist stuff. Their northern and western neighbors divested them of their Afghan territories, leaving them with Delhi and large territories to the east. The last of them was assassinated in 1215 AD.The earliest ancient Indian coins were the “bent bar” punchmarked silvers of the Achaemenid Persians occupying Gandhara in northwest Pakistan. By the 3rd century BC coins were in general use in most of India and Ceylon, and in subsequent centuries struck round coins in gold, silver, and copper came into use throughout the subcontinent and beyond to Southeast Asia and Pacific islands to Java and beyond.