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Did the triangular conflict between the Rashtrakutas, Gujara Pratiharas and Palas create a political vacuum in northern India which facilitated the invasions of Mahmud of Ghazni?

  • UPSC 2001
  • Regional States during Gupta Era

The question asks for more than a description of the tripartite struggle for Kannauj — it demands a causal judgment linking an eighth-to-tenth-century contest among three dynasties to a specific eleventh-century event, Mahmud of Ghazni's raids from 1000 CE onward. That link is real but partial: the struggle exhausted the very powers best placed to…

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  • Why Kannauj Became the Prize
  • The Long, Mutually Exhausting Course of the Struggle
  • Assessing the Causal Link to Ghazni's Invasions
  • A Balanced Verdict

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