ICSE Class 7 Answered

Following reasons can be attributed for the Turkish success in India:

1. India in the early medieval period was divided into various political states which were figthing 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 millitary 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 the society was divided inot various castes, sub castes and tribes.
4. The kings in India did not have strong centralised army and were cheifly depended upon the governors and nobility to provide armies to them. This reduced the power of the kings.