Butshikan

Butshikan 1001 CE: A 30-year-old Maḥmūd takes over the reins of the Ghaznavid Empire & turns his eye East. Persuaded by religious zealotry, he starts a cycle of mayhem & massacre in Bhāratavarṣa—the land of infidels & black magic, and of riches & glory—the likes of which the world had never seen before. 1025 CE: Rajendra Chola—the vanquisher of the Cherā-s & Pāndyā-s, the conqueror of River Gangā, and the overlord of Vengai—is ready to embark on a naval expedition to Ṣrivijaya Kingdom when the n