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Huns or Hoon Invasion of NW India The Huns or Huna (Middle Brahmi script: Hūṇā) was the name given by the ancient Indians to a group of Central Asian tribes who entered the Indian subcontinent during the 5th to early 6th century. In fact the Huns were not a homogeneous group and consisted to various distinct nomadic tribes that invaded Afghanstan and then India over a long period of times: Kidarite Huns Alchon Huns Nezak Huns Hephthalite Huns All of these groups arrived as pagan nomad raiders and then adopted the religion of the land. It was a tolerant society with poly-religious mixture of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Zaorastrian beliefs. They built Buddhist stupas, renovated Hindu temples, and released coins in the honor of Buddha, Shiva, his bull Nandi, mother goddess, Mithra - the Persian God, and Zaorastian fire altars. Pashtoon People of Afghanistan - Descendents of Huns They were conquered by the Arabs and Turks and forcibly or by choice converted to Islam. Overtime they became mor

The Nose Mask of Abdali and the End of Durrani Empire Face mask of an Muslim Ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali , later known as Ahmad Shah Durrani , was the founder of modern Afghanistan. Respected by the Afghans as 'Baba", Ahmad Shah is known in Indian history as a genocidal maniac who massacred over 100,000 Indians, kidnapped their women, and plundered their properties. Not many know that Ahmad Shah Abdali wore a nose mask to hide a cancerous would inflicted by the Sikhs during the battle of Amritsar.   Before being elected king in 1747, Abdali was a cavalry general under the Persian emperor Nadir Shah Afshar. Abdali was part of Nadir Shah's army as it plundered Delhi and annexed the famous diamond Koh-i-Noor from the Mughal Emperor Muhamad Shah.  Koh-i-Noor on British Royal Crown Nader Shah was a ruler of Iran belonging to Turkish Afshars , a semi-nomadic Qizilbash tribe settled in the northern valleys of Khorasan , a province in the north-east of the Persian Empire. N