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Download Solution PDFWho attacked and looted the famous Somnath temple in 1025 AD?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Mahmud of Ghazni.
Key Points
- Mahmud of Ghazni in 1025 AD attacked and looted the Somnath Mandir located Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of Gujarat.
- Mahmud of Ghazni was the ruler of Afghanistan.
- The plundered Somnath Mandir was rebuilt by the Paramara king Bhoja of Malwa and the Solanki king Bhimdev I of Anhilwara between 1026 and 1042 AD.
- Mahmud of Ghazni was a Turkish conqueror who attacked India 17 times between 1000 to 1027 AD.
- The biggest invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni was in 1025 AD wherein he invaded the Somnath temple in Gujarat.
- In all his 17 invasions, a number of dynasties were conquered by him.
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