<P> The kingdoms of Kapisa - Gandhara in modern - day Afghanistan , Zabulistan and Sindh ( which then held Makran ) in modern - day Pakistan , all of which were culturally and politically part of India since ancient times , were known as `` The Frontier of Al Hind '' . The first clash between a ruler of an Indian kingdom and the Arabs took place in 643 AD , when Arab forces defeated Rutbil , King of Zabulistan in Sistan . Arabs led by Suhail b . Abdi and Hakam al Taghilbi defeated an Indian army in the Battle of Rasil in 644 AD at the Indian Ocean sea coast , then reached the Indus River . Caliph Umar ibn Al - Khattab denied them permission to cross the river or operate on Indian soil and the Arabs returned home . </P>
<P> The kingdoms of Kapisa - Gandhara in modern - day Afghanistan , Zabulistan and Sindh ( which then held Makran ) in modern - day Pakistan , all of which were culturally and politically part of India since ancient times , were known as `` The Frontier of Al Hind '' . The first clash between a ruler of an Indian kingdom and the Arabs took place in 643 AD , when Arab forces defeated Rutbil , King of Zabulistan in Sistan . Arabs led by Suhail b . Abdi and Hakam al Taghilbi defeated an Indian army in the Battle of Rasil in 644 AD at the Indian Ocean sea coast , then reached the Indus River . Caliph Umar ibn Al - Khattab denied them permission to cross the river or operate on Indian soil and the Arabs returned home . </P>
when did arab invade on india first time
when did arab invade on india first time
643 AD
643 AD