INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Pre-Islamic origins In ancient Indian society, “practices that restricted women’s social mobility and behavior” existed but the arrival of Islam in India “intensified these Hindu practices, and by the 19th century purdah was the customary practice of high-caste Hindu and elite communities throughout India."

Detailed explanation-2: -Delhi sultanate was the first major Islamic empire which was based in the mainland India. It emerged after the disintegration of the Ghurid empire. During the last quarter of the 12th century, Muhammad of Ghor invaded the Indo-Gangetic plain, conquering in succession Ghazni, Multan, Lahore, and Delhi.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ghurid Empire soon evolved into the Delhi Sultanate, ruled by Qutb ud-Din Aibak, the founder of the Mamluk dynasty. With the Delhi Sultanate established, Islam was spread across most parts of the Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-4: -900 – 1707: Muslim Conquest Islam came to India in the 10th century when the Ghaznavids, a Turkic tribe, annexed the area now known as Punjab. By 1200, Muslim warlords had conquered much of northern India, and by 1206 had founded the Delhi Sultanate with its capital at Delhi.