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| Battle Of Rajasthan | |||||||||
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| Part of Early Muslim conquests and Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent | |||||||||
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| Guhila dynasty | |||||||||
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| Bappa Rawal | Emir Junaid | ||||||||
Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri, the successor of Muhammad ibn Qasim, subdued Hindu resistance in Sindh. Then he attacked the smaller kingdoms of Western India in early 730 CE. He divided his large force into two contingents and took several cities in southern Rajasthan, western Malwa, and Gujarat.[citation needed] According to Indian records, al-Murri was only successful against the smaller states in Gujarat, and was defeated at two places. The southern contingent moving south into Gujarat was defeated at Navsari by Avanijanashraya Pulakesi who was sent by Vikramaditya II, ruler of the South Indian Chalukya Empire. The eastern contingent was defeated after reaching Avanti, by its ruler Gurjara Pratihara Nagabhata I.[1] According to Indian records the Umayyad armies were routed at the latter battle.