Question

Why did Muhammad bin Tughlaq abandon his scheme of territorial expansion?

Answer 1

Muhammad bin Tughlaq dreamt of establishing a world empire. For this he decided to conquer Khurasan, Persia and Iraq. He mobilized a huge army for it and equipped it and paid one full year’s salary in advance. But later he realized that it was not easy to send such a large army across the snowy Himalayan passes. So this scheme failed and it even drained the wealth of the Royal treasury. Hence he abandoned his scheme of territorial expansion