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Tariq Ibn Ziyad was a great Muslim general born in 670 AD and died in 720 in Damascus. Tariq led the Islamic conquest of Hispania in 711 A.D. He is considered to be one of the most important military commanders in Muslim history. Under the orders of the Umayyad Khalifha Al-Walid he led a large army from the north coast of Morocco, joining his troops at a large hill now known as Gibraltar. The name “Gibraltar” is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal al Tariq meaning “mountain of Tariq”, named after him. Most historians give little or no information about Tariq’s origins or nationality. Even there are several different notions’ but most of historian and modern workers accept a Berber origin. Most historians, Arab and Spanish, seem to agree that he was a slave of the Amir of (North Africa), Musa bin Nusayr, who gave him his freedom and appointed him a general in his army.              One of Main reason of Spain attack that as was the custom of Spain, a generals an

Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom (Mahajanapada), located in modern day northern Pakistan and parts of eastern Afghanistan. The center of this Civilization is stretched from Kashmir to various areas of Texila. Its main cities were Purushapura (modern Peshawar and Takshashila (modernTaxila), now these cities in Pakistan.   Texila was the center of Gandhara art. The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from the early 1st millennium BC to the 11th century AD. It attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century under the Buddhist Kushan Kings. Ruins of Gandhara Civilization The people living here were the followers of Buddhism. they worship the Statues of their religious persons. There are also a large number of grand statues, Buddha Stupas and ruins of Gandhara Civilization in Swat Valley, Takht bahi Mardan (Pakistan). A stupa named Nimogram stupa was prepared Swat Valley. After thousands of years its ruins are still spread everywhere in Swat Valley and Texila. Pil