After nearly a gap of three centuries, the second phase of Muslim conquest began from north under the Turks.

	Mahmud of Ghazni

The Turkish rulers of Ghazni, and later those of Ghur carried Muslim arms across Pakistan and into northern India. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni led as many as seventeen expeditions, but the only permanent result of his expendition was the conquest of Punjab.

	Conquests of Mahmud Ghaznavi

However, along with Muslim warriors came Muslim saints and sufis, who, through their untiring efforts, propagated Islam in India.

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