Open AccessThe Mongol Invasion of Kashmir
Author(s) -
Sameer Ahmad Sofi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of history and social sciences/the journal of history and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0187
pISSN - 2221-6804
DOI - 10.46422/jhss.v7i2.64
Subject(s) - confusion , ancient history , resistance (ecology) , history , period (music) , geography , philosophy , ecology , biology , psychology , aesthetics , psychoanalysis
Medieval period of Kashmir history is the most neglected part of Indian History. This paper is an attempt to remove the confusion, with the support of the original contemporary sources, regarding Mongol invasion of Kashmir. Study discloses that due to invasions of Mongols as local armies could not put up resistance, Kashmir suffered immensely. It took years to recover politically and economically.