Muslim India
Around 1000 AD, the Arabs
who had already conquered Persia
(modern Iran) came to conquer India as well. Arab troops were able to
beat the Indians and take over northern India (and modern Pakistan).
Little by little, many Hindus
and Buddhists in northern India
decided to convert to Islam.
The Arabs set up a very successful government in northern India.
In the 1200's, this arrangement was threatened by the invasion of the Mongols under Ghengis Khan. But the Islamic rulers managed to get their power back again.
Southern India, on the other hand, never came under Islamic control, and remained Hindu.
