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t. e. The Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent or Indo-Muslim period[1] is conventionally said to have started in 712, after the conquest of Sindh and Multan by the Umayyad Caliphate under the military command of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. [2] It began in the Indian subcontinent in the course of a gradual conquest.
The Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place between the 13th and the 18th centuries, establishing the Indo-Muslim period. [1][2] Earlier Muslim conquests in the subcontinent include the invasions which started in the northwestern subcontinent (modern-day Pakistan), especially the Umayyad campaigns during the 8th century.
The Buland Darwaza gateway to Fatehpur Sikri, built by Akbar in 1601. Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. Despite an initial Arab presence in Sindh, the development of Indo-Islamic architecture began in earnest with the establishment of Delhi as the capital ...
With around 204 million Muslims (2019 estimate), India's Muslim population is the world's third-largest [93] [94] [95] and the world's largest Muslim-minority population. [96] India is home to 10.9% of the world's Muslim population. [93] [97] According to Pew Research Center, there can be 213 million Muslims in 2020, India's 15% population.
British Indian Empire in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909. British India is shaded pink, the princely states yellow.. The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.
The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi[ a ] was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for more than three centuries. [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ] The sultanate was established around c.1206–1211 in the former Ghurid territories in India. The sultanate's history is generally ...
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg. Internal borders. The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified. Territorial waters
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg. Internal borders. The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified. Territorial waters