High Middle Ages · South Asia · War
1296
Alauddin Khalji raids Devagiri in the Deccan
1296
Before seizing the Delhi throne, the ambitious general launched an audacious cavalry raid across the Vindhya mountains into the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The surprised king surrendered an enormous treasure of gold, elephants, and jewels. The loot financed Alauddin's coup and opened the Deccan to future Delhi campaigns. The raid was the first successful Muslim penetration south of the Vindhyas and redrew the political map of India.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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