Which event spread Islam to India?

A.

conquest by Turkish forces

B.

the rise of the Mughal empire

C.

Xuanzang's journey to India

D.

the conversion of Akbar to Islam

Answer: A. conquest by Turkish forces

Islam spread to India almost from its beginnings through Arab merchants that traded with the Indian subcontinent. This peaceful introduction of Islam lasted centuries, with Islam being well-received among the Indian population, mosques being built and Indian and Muslim people intermarrying.

Although Islam was already well-established in several areas in the tenth century, the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni established it even further. He was the most prominent ruler of the Ghaznavi empire, a Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic Mamluk origin.