http://home.tiscali.nl/~t543201/web-mongol/mongol-maps/mongol-kaart3.jpg

If you notice there are no arrows going southeast into the Indus River system.

The mongols fought hard for control of places such as the Fertile Crescent and into Vietnam/Southeastern China.

Is the lack of an invasion into India due to a fear of losing or simply because the mongols felt that it was too much of a load of useless crap to be worth invading?

I meant to throw this in the history forum, sorry.

Isnt Sam always talking about the Mongols in India?

Maybe she really meant the Mughals of the 16th century.

Thread moved to history (i hope)

http://home.tiscali.nl/~t543201/web-mongol/mongol-maps/mongol-kaart3.jpg

If you notice there are no arrows going southeast into the Indus River system.

The mongols fought hard for control of places such as the Fertile Crescent and into Vietnam/Southeastern China.

Is the lack of an invasion into India due to a fear of losing or simply because the mongols felt that it was too much of a load of useless crap to be worth invading?

there were indian states on the other side of the indus

Isnt Sam always talking about the Mongols in India?

Maybe she really meant the Mughals of the 16th century.

Mughal is the Persian word for Mongol, however I recently read that the Mughal Empire in India was more Turkic than Mongol. The Turkics however are also Asians.

Too hot.

Unlike the Middle East or the Gobi desert? :D

Unlike the Middle East or the Gobi desert? :D

Looks like Gobi is a bit colder than india. Much of the middle east is good for horse fighting, India is not.

Mughal is the Persian word for Mongol...
Did the Mughals speak some form of Mongolian?

If not, why are they called Mongols?

The map is a map of only the territory of the Golden Horde not of all the Mongol possessions or invasion routes.

The Mongols, under Genghis Khan, invaded India following Jelal ad Din's retreating army. Genghis left the attack only because of a revolt by the Hia Kingdom in China. Subsequent Mongol armies captured much of what is today Pakistan but was at that time Northern India and even captured Lahore. Mongol armies also invaded up to the outlying towns around Delhi.

The Moghul rulers of India were descendents of these Mongol invaders as are the present day Hazzara of Afghanistan.

The Mongols did invade India, but kept meeting opposition they couldn't handle (starting with Ala-ud din (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala-ud-din_Khilji)).

For a short time they did hold much of Northern India, but it was a pain in the ass. It was hard to get supplied or reinforced over the mountains to the north, and there was a lot of resistance to thw south. It was likely considered more trouble than it was worth.