why didn't ancient persia ever conquer india?

 

 

       The Pakistani region of the Sassanid empire was hotly contested and it could never be called an undisputed part of the Sassanid empire. Yes the Saffarid empire did include all of western Pakistan, i forgot about that. And the Saffavid empire controlled only a tiny portion of Pakistan's Baluchistan. And i did say that Nadiir Shah did invade and conquered this region.

 

    However in about 500 B.C Persia had little influence in both Pakistan as well as Afghanistan and their foray into Western Pakistan was not because that region was already under Persian influence.

 

          People say that the "peacock throne" should be returned to from where Nadir Shah looted it. 

 

 

 

 

       No one is discounting Persian influence east of Sistan. My point is that the whole of Pakistan should not be classified as a perpetual Persian colony, as many modern musilm Pakistanis to distance themselves from the Indians do. Persia's borders touched Balochistan and considering that just how far Persia expanded west and north you do expect Persia to have some influence in these areas which were adjacent to them comapred to the north where there was afghanistan in between.

         And about Amir Khusro our own Iqbal, well interesting choice of words, as I am sure that Alama Iqbal was Pakistani therefore it should be more like Alam Iqbal our own Amir Khusro. And Amir Khusro was ethnically Rajput and Turk, Indian by birth and in education Persian so he really was a mixed bag.

 

 

          I believe that most people think that at the time of the Alexanderonian invasions Persia had no influence in the land of Indus. Otherwise this region would be a part of the empire of Alexander after those three decisive battles and he would not have to conquer it seperately. There was no need for this, i think. 

Hypothetically it is true that in present circumstances the Gujjar Pratihar Emperors would have conquered Persia to take control on vast reserve of oil in that region but the people are more civilised now.

It was Gujjar Power which defended India from 6th. century to 10th. century and it was possible the enter India from Arab side after the various fuedatories like Gujjar Tanwars of Delhi, Gujjar Chauhans of Sakambri, Gujjar Chandellas of Kalinjar,Gujjar Solankis of Patan, Gujjar Parmars of Dhar asserted independence from the Gujjar Pratihar empire and started fighting among themselves to gain supremacy over each other. Taking the advantage of the situation the other non Gujjar fuedatories like Kalchuris, and vassals like  Rathors Kachwahs also formed their own state. At this point of time also it was not Persian empire which got hold  in India but the Turks like Gaznavi and Ghori from Afghnistan. Since that part of afghanistan from where Gaznavi and Ghori belonged, was ruled by Gujjar Emperors, it can not be said that India was conquered but the right word will be that it was divided. These Turks were earlier Hindus only and the only difference between them and other Hindus were that these Afghans were converted to Muslim at earlier than other population.

 

Later India was conquered by Babar who was from present day Uzbekistan. That time also it were the Pathans who were among the most powerful ruler of India. They kept fighting among themselves and India was in fact offered to Babar. Later Sher Shah Suri expelled his Humayun from India and established Indian Empire again.

It was akbar who was the first alien ruler of India.