Plz, explain this map?

It looks like the mongol empire to me? what is there to explain?

this map is from encarta encyclopedia, and this map has mistakes , i remember making a thread about "Encarta mistakes" i mentioned this map too.

 

And there is another one. Wow, this is cool, all religion in a one empire.

I did some research and found out that the Mongols (Il-Khans, not Mughals) never had lasting control of any land in India east of the Indus river.  They did try hard, however, and made a series of unsuccesful raids into Sindh.  Most of Kashmir was tributary to the Mongols, I believe.

The map makers are most likely including later conquests by Mughals (who claimed to be descended from earlier Mongols).


Edited by Scytho-Sarmatian

^this map is absolutly ridiculous! if it were true i would have heard of it and i have never heard of all of south + south east asia being in control of the mongols!

Some other +/- correct maps of the Mongol Empire I found in a quick search:

The Mongols didn't conquer India at all, although they did have vassals in the northermost tip of India. The Mongols lauched a few raids in incursions into India, as far as Delhi, but none were successful in permanent conquests.

I have seen maps like that in the Original Post, even in documentaries. But they are simply wrong.

Not even Tamerlane went that far into India.

Yes, we all know about the Mughal Empire. However, the Mughal Empire was different from the Chingisid Empire.

I really hate it when people claim that "everything" originated from a single people.

while we're on the topic, why didn't the Mongols ever conquer India? To my knowledge, until Tamerlane, they didn't even attempt to plunder it. An argument such the climate would work if it was question of an occuption, but what about raiding? After all, they attempted to conquer regions that were just as difficult in terms of climate, such as Vietnam.

Well, the Yuan Dynasty had no buisness in India.

The Il-Khanate did raid India several times. However, none of them were sucessfully turned into conquests. One explanation is that in the early history of the Il-Khanate, they were occupied by a civil war with the Blue Horde (Later known as the Golden Horde), during which Hulegu lost most of his men trying to cross a frozen river (IIRC). Then, the Mameluks became more powerful and the Il-Khanate focused on its western border. The Il-Khanate was defeated by the Mameluks in 1281 at Homs. I believe that battle marked the last major foreign campaign for the Il-Khanate, although it started raiding nearby territories at around 1299.

Another reason is that the Il-Khans ruled from Mesopotamia, so the Mameluks were a much greater issue to them than India.


Edited by Imperator Invictus