ICSE Class 7 Answered

The following reasons can be attributed to the Turkish success in India:

1. India in the early mediaeval period was divided into various political states which were fighting with each other to gain supremacy in their own region. The absence of political unity in the country enabled the Turks to establish their empire in India.
2. The Turks had superior military skills. Also, the use of elephants slowed the mobility of the Indian armies. On the other hand, the Turks were able to quickly mobilise their armies as they used horses in the battlefields.
3. Apart from political unity, the Indians also lacked social unity as society was divided into various castes, sub-castes and tribes.
4. The kings in India did not have strong centralised armies and chiefly depended on the governors and nobility to provide them with armies. This reduced the power of the kings.