North-Western Policy of the Mughal Emperors
Importance of the North-West Defence: The great mountain wall of the Himalayas protected the country from the North and acted as natural barriers against foreign invasions in the north. But the North-western ranges of the Himalayas, called the Sulaiman and Hindukush, being not very high and having large number of passes as the Khurram, the Gomal, the Bolan and the [...]