Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani

Indian campaigns of Ahmad Shah Abdali
	Part of Decline of the Mughal Empire and Campaigns of Ahmad Shah Durrani
	; Advance of the Afghan Durranis under Ahmad Shah into the Indian subcontinent following weakening of Mughal power and ultimate rise of the Sikh Empire
Date	1748 – 1767
Location	Northern Indian subcontinent
Belligerents

Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Durrani Empire, invaded Indian subcontinent for eight times between 1748 and 1767, following the collapse of Mughal Empire in the mid-18th century. His objectives were met through the raids (taking the wealth and destroying sacred places belonging to the Indians) and deepened the political crisis in India.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Singh, Kulwant (15 July 2012). "Society - Raiding the raiders -Sikhs warriors of the 18th century adopted guerrilla tactics. They offered tough resistance to the invading Afghan armies of Nadir Shah and Ahmed Shah Abdali by looting them and freeing those enslaved by them". The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum (www.tribuneindia.com). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ Betts, Vanessa (2013). India - The North: Forts, Palaces, the Himalaya Dream Trip. Victoria McCulloch. Bath. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-907263-74-3. OCLC 881063949.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Bansal, Bobby Singh (2015). "Chapter 5 - North-West Frontier". Remnants of the Sikh empire : historical Sikh monuments in India and Pakistan. New Delhi, India. ISBN 978-93-84544-89-8. OCLC 934672669.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Tom Lansford, ed. (2017). Afghanistan at war : from the 18th-century Durrani dynasty to the 21st century. Santa Barbara, California. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-59884-759-8. OCLC 952980822.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] Singh, Kulwant (15 July 2012). "Society - Raiding the raiders -Sikhs warriors of the 18th century adopted guerrilla tactics. They offered tough resistance to the invading Afghan armies of Nadir Shah and Ahmed Shah Abdali by looting them and freeing those enslaved by them". The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum (www.tribuneindia.com). Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[2] Betts, Vanessa (2013). India - The North: Forts, Palaces, the Himalaya Dream Trip. Victoria McCulloch. Bath. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-907263-74-3. OCLC 881063949.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[3] Bansal, Bobby Singh (2015). "Chapter 5 - North-West Frontier". Remnants of the Sikh empire : historical Sikh monuments in India and Pakistan. New Delhi, India. ISBN 978-93-84544-89-8. OCLC 934672669.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] Tom Lansford, ed. (2017). Afghanistan at war : from the 18th-century Durrani dynasty to the 21st century. Santa Barbara, California. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-59884-759-8. OCLC 952980822.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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