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Turning point · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
Delhi holds
1241–1327 — Raid after raid comes down the Khyber; the Delhi Sultanate answers with fortress lines, a standing army and mobile defense in depth. The monsoon plains never turn red on this map. India’s wealth funds the resistance the steppe cannot outlast.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — The Limits of the World in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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