#the turk shahis extracted an annual tribute in silver from the abbasids!
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tetrachromate · 29 days ago
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kind of ironic how much better the early medieval buddhist kingdoms of northern india fared against islamic raids and conquest attempts than their hindu successors; when we tend to imagine buddhism as quietist and perhaps effete and hinduism as being all rah-rah warrior caste etc
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