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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Chach|
| partof =
| image =
| caption =
| date = 1008 AD
| place = Near [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]]
| casus =
| territory =
| result = decisive [[Ghaznavid]] victory
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Old Ghaznavid Flag.png}} [[Ghaznavid]]
| combatant2 = [[Hindu Shahi|Kabul Shahi]]
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Old Ghaznavid Flag.png}} [[Mahmud of Ghazni]]
| commander2 = [[Anandapala]]
| strength1 = 13,000+
| strength2 = 30,000+
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
}}

'''Battle of Chach''', was fought in 1008 AD between the [[Ghaznavid]] army of [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Mahmud bin Sebuktigin]] ([[Mahmud of Ghazni]]) and the [[Hindu Shahi]] army of [[Anandapala]], near [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]], resulting in the latter's defeat. This left the north Indian region vulnerable to further invasions.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Drubbing at the fields of Panipat|url = https://cbkwgl.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/the-drubbing-at-the-fields-of-panipat/|website = cbkwgl|accessdate = 2015-11-03}}</ref>

==Background==
King Jaipal had already died in the Battle of Peshawar in 1001 AD and Anandpal, the son of Jaipal, was filled with fury to avenge the death of his father. He called upon the nearby friendly rulers to send their contingents as this war had need of better organization keeping in view of consequent attacks on the nearby regimes. Forces from Ajmer, Kalingar, Kanauj, and other allies joined the Anandpal's force.<ref>{{Cite book|title = History of Islam|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WBodU7eS5dUC|publisher = Adam Publishers & Distributors|date = 1995-01-01|isbn = 9788174350190|language = en|first = Prof M.|last = Hasan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884].|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tOQ2AQAAMAAJ|publisher = Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government|date = 1883-01-01|language = en}}</ref>

==Battle==
The massive army of the allied forces held the Ghaznavids at the bank of Indus River. The invaders faced huge resistance at a place near Hazro called Chachhak or Chachh. The role of a local tribe was very significant in this battle because it managed to annihilate a huge cavalry force of Ghaznavids who were fighting as the vanguard. The tribe was known to be the Gakhar tribe. When the allied forces were moving forward to engage the enemy, the latter threw big fireballs at the elephants which frenzied them and caused them to crush their own troops, turning it into a victory for the invaders. Consequently, the rest of India came under Muslim rule for almost 400 years. Ghazni won the battle and Anandpal had to cede the territory and its treasures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=p.20-1. Punjabi Musalmans |url=http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Punjabi_Musalmans_1000048138/25 |website=www.forgottenbooks.com |accessdate=2015-11-03 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Gazetteer of the Dera Ghazi Khan District: 1883|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LpwIAAAAQAAJ|date = 1883-01-01|language = en}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
The victory paved the way for Ghazni to raid India seventeen times during which he plundered small tribes before moving on to larger regimes and temples for treasures and women. He desecrated all the monuments that unsettled him and attacked holy cities like Thaneshwar, Mathura, etc. On his seventeenth raid on [[Somnath|Somnath Temple]], he amassed as much loot as he did in his past sixteen raids altogether.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Hindu Shahi]]
* [[Janjua]]
* [[History of Peshawar]]
* [[Pre-Ghaznavid history of Punjab]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1008 in Asia]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Ghaznavid Empire|Chach]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1008|Chach]]
[[Category:Medieval Hinduism]]
[[Category:Medieval India]]
[[Category:History of Peshawar|Chach]]
[[Category:Kabul Shahi]]

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