Delhi Sultanate History Quiz

Founders and Rulers of Delhi Sultanate

• The Delhi Sultanate was founded by Muhammad of Ghor.
• The Tughlaq dynasty ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1320 to 1414.
• Muhammad of Ghor routed the Rajput Confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192 near Tarain.
• Muhammad of Ghor led the Ghurid conquest of South Asia, leading to the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate.
• The Delhi Sultanate reached the peak of its geographical reach during the Tughlaq dynasty.
• The Delhi Sultanate experienced a new wave of rapid and ceaseless Muslim conquests deep into South India during the Khalji dynasty.
• Muhammad of Ghor was the conqueror who routed the Rajput Confederacy led by Ajmer ruler Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192 near Tarain.
• Muhammad of Ghor founded the Sultanate of Delhi after routing the Rajput Confederacy near Tarain.
• The Delhi Sultanate covered large swaths of territory in modern-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh during the Tughlaq dynasty.

Test your knowledge of the Delhi Sultanate, a medieval empire that ruled over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years. Learn about the Mamluk, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties that successively ruled over the Sultanate.