Hundred and fifty years,

Nothing more is heard of the Baloches in Sindh after the fall of the Somras for

nearly a hundred and fifty years, although there may have been occasional raids
which are not recorded. Their next appearance there is in the reign of Jam
Tughlaq (A.D. 1428-1450), when they are recorded as raiding near Bhakhar.
There was at this period a new feeling of restlessness abroad, of which Taimur’s
invasion of India was the instigating cause, as the conquests of the Seljuqs and of
Changiz Khan had been of the earlier movements. The remains of the once
powerful Tughlaq monarchy of Dehli disappeared, and a succession of feeble
rulers allowed the Lodi Afghans to seize the sovereignty, and opened a tempting
prospect to needy adventurers from beyond the border. This led to invasions of

India from three distinct sources. First, those of Baber and his Turks, so-called

Mughals, which culminated in the establishment of the Mughal Empire; secondly,
those of the Arghuns, headed by Shah Beg, which established a temporary
dynasty in Sindh, sweeping away the Samma Jams; and, thirdly, that of the
Baloches, which, though it did not establish any dynasty, contributed a more
important element to the population of Northern India than either of the others.