| Name(s) |
MAHMUD OF GHAZNI |
| Date of
Birth |
November 02, 971
– Ghazna (Afghanistan) |
| Date of
Death |
April 30, 1030
– Ghazna (Afghanistan). |
|
Identity |
Ruler of Muslim
dynasty of Turkic slave origin |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1001: He initiated the
first of numerous invasions of northern India. The wealth of
Punjab in terms of fruits as well as rice, sugar, wheat, and
other products was the main attraction for him to attack
India.
- 1025: He conquered and
destroyed thousands of Hindu temples during his raids
including the famous Somnath Temple, which he destroyed in
1025 AD, killing over 50,000 people who tried to defend it.
Mahmud had the gilded lingam broken into pieces and had them
made into steps for his mosque and palace.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was one of the Greatest Plunderers of the Wealth of
India.
- CONQUEST was never his goal, but LOOT and PLUNDER ever
were.
- He is known as the Destroyer of Somnath and Thousands of
Other Temples of Hindus.
- He was the most prominent ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire.
- The Ghaznavid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Turkic
slave origin which ruled much of Persia, and the northern
parts of the Indian subcontinent from 975 to 1186.
- While Punjab was soon captured, the other several
kingdoms were all conquered and left in the hands of Hindu,
Jain and Buddhist Kings as vassal states. A vassal or
feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual
obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal
system in medieval Europe.
- While in Afghanistan and Pakistan Mahmud is celebrated
as a hero who established the standard of Islam in India,
but in India he is seen as a raiding invader, bent upon the
loot and plunder of a peace loving Hindu population.
- Sultan Mahmud had contracted malaria during his last
invasion, which in turn caused lethal tuberculosis, which
led him to his death on 30 April 1030.
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