How did Iltutmish avoid a conflict with Chenghiz Khan?

He refused to grant asylum to the fugitive Prince Jalaluddin, thereby avoiding giving Chenghiz Khan a pretext to invade India.

Mongol Threat to the Sultanate

UPSC Archival Analysis

Q: Who among the following Mongol leaders/ commanders did not cross Indus to attack India?

Chenghiz Khan reached the banks of the Indus in 1221 but did not cross into India, unlike later Mongol commanders who led several raids into the subcontinent.

Exam Year

2020

Evidence Source

UPSC Level

ID: HIS_MED_2020_170 Ref: Satish Chandra, Medieval India