Editing Multan (section)

===Greek Invasion===
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Multan is believed to have been the Malli capital that was conquered by [[Alexander the Great]] in 326 BCE as part of the [[Mallian Campaign]]. The [[Mallian people]], together with nearby tribes, gathered an army of 90,000 personnel to fight against an army of 50,000 Greeks. This was perhaps the largest army faced by Greeks in the entire subcontinent.<ref name="Amjad 1989">{{Cite book |last=Amjad |first=Yahya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P60yAAAAIAAJ&q=tarikh+i+pakistan+yahya |title=Tarikh-i Pakistan : qadim daur—zamanah-yi ma qabl az tarikh : Pakistan ki sarzamin par aj se paune do karor sal pahle |date=1989 |language=ur}}</ref> During the siege of the city's citadel, Alexander reputedly leaped into the inner area of the citadel, where he faced the Mallian leader.<ref>Arrian (1893). Anabasis of Alexander. George Bell and Sons. OCLC 486120., p. 604</ref> Alexander was wounded by an arrow that had penetrated his lung, leaving him severely injured.<ref>Dodge, Theodore (1890). Alexander. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 604.</ref>  After a fierce battle at the site of 'Khooni Burj' the Mallian army eventually surrendered, preventing further bloodshed.<ref name="books.google.com.pk">{{Cite book |last=Amjad |first=Yahya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P60yAAAAIAAJ&q=tarikh+e+pakistan+yahya+amjad |title=Tarikh-i Pakistan : qadim daur—zamanah-yi ma qabl az tarikh : Pakistan ki sarzamin par aj se paune do karor sal pahle |date=1989 |language=ur}}</ref> During Alexander's era, Multan was located on an island in the [[Ravi river]], which has since shifted course numerous times throughout the centuries.<ref name="Bibliophile South Asia" />

In the mid-5th century CE, the city was attacked by [[Alchon Huns|White Huns]], a group of Barbarian [[Hephthalite]] nomads led by [[Toramana]]. After a fierce fight they conquered Multan, but did not stay long.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Avari |first=Burjor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WtkNjwEACAAJ&q=history+of+subcontinent |title=India: The Ancient Past : a History of the Indian Subcontinent from C. 7000 BCE to CE 1200 |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-138-82821-6 |language=en}}</ref>

By the mid 7th century CE, Multan was conquered by [[Chach of Alor]], of the Buddhist [[Rai dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cunningham|first1=Alexander|title=The Ancient Geography of India: The Budhism Period, Including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang|date=1871|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781108056458}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Avari |first1=Burjor |author-link=Burjor Avari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTaTDAAAQBAJ&dq=Rai+dynasty+buddhist&pg=PA233 |title=India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Subcontinent from c. 7000 BCE to CE 1200 |date=July 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-23673-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Wp6otInFcAC&dq=Rai+dynasty+buddhist&pg=PA20 | title=Chachnamah Retold : An Account of the Arab Conquest of Sindh | isbn=978-81-85002-68-2 | last1=Khushalani | first1=Gobind | date=2006 | publisher=Bibliophile South Asia }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Khuhro |first1=Hamida |author-link=Hamida Khuhro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-Y8AAAAMAAJ&q=buddhist+rai+dynasty |title=Sind Through the Centuries: Proceedings of an International Seminar Held in Karachi in Spring 1975 |date=1981 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-577250-0}}</ref> Chach appointed a [[Thakur (Indian title)|thakur]] to govern from Multan, and used his army to settle boundary disputes with [[Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Firishtah |first=Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q44BAAAAMAAJ&q=history+of+firishta |title=The History of Hindostan |date=1770 |publisher=T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt |language=en}}</ref>