 In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid dynasty empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin, In 1005 he conquered the Shahis in Kabul in 1005, and followed it by the conquests of Punjab region.The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region.There were two places in Multan from that period of considerable antiquity.