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From Harsha's death to the twelfth century, the destiny of India was mostly in the hands of various Rajput dynasties which were in general constantly at war among themselves. A struggle for supremacy was at work. There was no strong central authority. Earlier in the ancient period there was the strong Magadha empire which frightened the soldiers of Alexander's army [...]

The period on the eve of the Turkish invasion on India is usually called the Rajput period in the history of India. There were several big and small Rajput states in different parts of India. Almost all these states vied each other for supremacy. The result was that there emerged no central authority to face any foreign invasion. image [...]