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Hindu Shahis

822 – 1026
Sovereign stateAsia

Dynasty ruling Kabulistan, Gandhara, and Punjab, succeeding the Turk Shahis; famed for its prolonged and ultimately unsuccessful resistance to Ghaznavid expansion under Jayapala and Anandapala.

Progressively defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni through a series of campaigns, with the dynasty's authority extinguished by 1026.

Borders in 1003 · drawn from 6 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 6 border frames for Hindu Shahis — the shape you scrub through changes in 822 · 843 · 856 · 874 · 934 · 1003.

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