India is a very hard land to conquer especially if you try to conquer it through land when there is a sitting emperor.
Alexander & Greek Empire:
Darius and Achaemenid empire:
The Arabs under the Ummayad Caliphate:
Safavid Empire:
Genghis and the Mongol empire:
Do you think it is just a coincidence that all these large empires that were able to conquer vast amounts of land just stopped on the banks of the river Sindhu?
Because beyond the banks of the river stand a nation of warriors who are among the best in the world.
The only way to conquer them is by playing them against each other — like what the Europeans did slowly entering as traders and through traitorous kings like the father in law of Prithivi Raj Chauhan.
If you try to directly fight the Indian empires, suicide would ensue. The reason why students of Indian history study about the invasions because they were few and more an exception than the norm.
In case of the Mongols, they had to face the Alauddin Khilji, who was not the top 10 strongest emperor India has had and quite distracted with his tussle with Chittor, but even he was good enough for Mongols. Mongols tried hard but their troops were defeated in the battles of Kili, Sivistan, Jaran-Manjur, Delhi Amroha and Ravi riverbank. An empire can stand only so many battle defeats.
It is sad that many Indians are not educated on their own homeland. You know the battle that brought a swift end to the Japanese empire? It is the Battle of Kohima often called the Stalingrad of the East when valorous Indian soldiers stopped an empire that seemed unstoppable at that time [this battle was voted as the British National Army Museum as the greatest battle involving the British — Britain's Greatest Battles].
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