Hindu shahi of kabul

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Kabul Shahi

The decline of the Kushana Empire in the portions of Modern Afghanistan was followed by the Kabul Shahi Kingdoms. They ruled from 4th century AD till 870 AD.

• Since the capital was Kabul, the kingdom was called Kabul Shahi.
  
• Its worth note that the word Shahi as a title was used by the Sakas, Kushanas, Hunas, Bactirans etc of Kabul.
  
• The Kushana used "Shao" and Mihirkula- the Huna tyrant used the word Ssaha.
  
• The Kushana also used the title Shaonano Shao (Shah-in-Shai). In the later part of 9th century the Kings of Kabulshahi were overthrown by a Brahmin officer called "Lalliya".
  

Hindu Shahi:

Lalliya was a minister in service of the Kabul's Kings. He founded the "Hindu Shahi" dynasty (or Brahman Shahi) in Afghanistan which lasted till 1021 AD, when it was overthrown by the Muslims.

• The Capital was the Hindu-shahi Kingdom was "Hund", a village near Peshawar in Pakistan on the Banks of River Indus.
  
• Hund was the site where Alexander the great crossed the Indus river.
  
• Some of the rulers of the Hindu Shahi of Afghanistan were Lalliya, Kamala Toramana, Bhimadeva, Jaipala, Anandapala, Trilochanpala, Bhimapala etc. as mentioned by Kalhana.
  

The throne of Lalliya after his death was taken over by Jayapala who is also known as First King of Hindu Shahi (Janjua Shahi) dynasty by some scholars. Jayapala is known to have defended the Kingdoms from the frequent raids of Turkic rulers of Ghazni.

Jayapala was followed by an able prince Anandpala.

Anandpala also protected the Kingdom from various attacks but his last stand was against Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. He is known to have signed a treaty with Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni and died later in peace. He is compared to ancient King Porus by some noted historians like Mazumdar.
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The kings of kabul shahi were called Ranteel ,zanteel.
They were brahman hindu.
The village ,,hund,,is in swabi on the west bank of abaseen river.
There is historical wall around the village and many other historical old buildings of the old time.Today the village is yousufizai pakhtuns.
Interesting there were no pashtuns in the kabul valley as far as Ghazni during the time of kabul shahi.