Shahiya dynasty

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The Shahiya dynasty, also known as the Hindu Shahi dynasty, was a medieval ruling house in the Kabul and Gandhara regions that represented the last major Hindu power in what is now eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan before the Ghaznavid conquest.

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instanceOf Hindu dynasty
dynasty
medieval Indian dynasty
alsoKnownAs Hindu Shahi dynasty
Hindu Shahis
linked to: Hindu Shahi dynasty

Shahiyas
capital Kabul
Udabhanda
conflictWith Ghaznavid Empire
country Kabul Shahi kingdom
culturalInfluence Afghanistan
Indian subcontinent
Pakistan
endCause Ghaznavid conquest
followedBy Ghaznavid dynasty
linked to: Ghaznavid Empire
knownFor being last major Hindu dynasty of Kabul and Gandhara
resistance to early Ghaznavid expansion
language Prakrit
Sanskrit
lastMajorHinduPowerInRegion eastern Afghanistan
northwestern Pakistan
notableBattle Battle of Peshawar (1001)
Battle of Waihind
notableRuler Anandapala
Bhimpala
Jayapala
linked to: Raja Jayapala

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politicalStatus frontier Hindu kingdom facing Islamic polities
precededBy Turk Shahi dynasty
region Gandhara
Kabul
eastern Afghanistan
northwestern Pakistan
religion Hinduism
religiousPolicy patronage of Buddhism
patronage of Hinduism
sourceType inscriptions
medieval chronicles
numismatic evidence
territory Gandhara region
Kabul valley
Punjab region
linked to: Punjab
timePeriod 10th century
9th century
early 11th century

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Hindu Shahi dynasty alsoKnownAs Shahiya dynasty