#ThinkingMedieval
From the 7th to 10th centuries, a group of dynasties called the Kabul Shahs dominated much of Afghanistan. Their name might seem like that of an Islamic dynasty, but in reality, the Kabul Shahs confound our binary expectations of the medieval world. Most Kabul Shahs were Buddhist or “Hindu” and descended from ethnic groups based in present-day Pakistan and portions of Central Asia. Anirudh Kanisetti explains their forgotten history.
Sources:
Flood, Finbarr B. Objects of translation: Material culture and medieval “Hindu-Muslim” encounter. Princeton University Press, 2009.
Klimburg-Salter, Deborah. The kingdom of Bāmiyān: Buddhist art and culture of the Hindu Kush. Istituto Universitario Orientale, Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici/Series maior, 1989.
Klimburg-Salter, Deborah. "Corridors of Communication Across Afghanistan 7th to 10th Centuries." In Paysages de centre de l’Afghanistan: paysages naturels, paysages culturels. Paris: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Documentaires Sur l'Afghanistan, 2010. 173-186.
Rahman, Abdur. "New Light on the Khingal, Turk and Hindu Shahis". Ancient Pakistan XV (2002): 37-42.
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