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#HistoricalFacts
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Book: Tarikhu'I-Hind, author Abu Rihan Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Biruni al-Khwarizmi born in abt AD 970-971.
Place: Thanesar ( Haryana)
Author quotes " The city of Taneshar is...Con..
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....highly venerated by Hindus.The idol of that place is called Cakrasvamin, i.e.the owner of the cakra, a weapon which we have already described. It is of bronze,& is nearly the size of a man. It is now lying in the hippodrome in Ghazna....Cont.
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..... , together with the Lord of Somanath, which is a representation of the penis of Mahadeva, called Linga.

That's all of Thanesar ( Haryana)

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#HistoricalFacts of Mahmud of Ghazni, in the same book
Place: Somnath (Gujarat)

Author quotes "The linga he raised was the stone of Somnath, for soma means the moon & natha means master, so that the whole word means 'master of the moon'....Cont..
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....The image was destroyed by the Prince Mahmud, may God be merciful to him!--AH 416.He ordered the upper part to be broken & the remainder to be transported to his residence. Ghaznin,wth all its coverings & trappings of gold, jewels, &....Cont..
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.....embroidered garments.Part of it has been thrown into the hippodrome of the town, together with the Cakrasvamin,an idol of bronze, that had been brought from Taneshar. Another part of the idol from Somanath lies before the door of the.....Cont
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.....mosque of Ghaznin, on which people rub their feet to clean them from dirt & wet."
Thats how Somanath temple was destroyed.

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#HistoricalFacts Of Mahmud of Ghazni,
Book: Kitabu'l-Yamini
Author:Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Jabbaru'l-Utbi,a secretary of Mahmud of Ghazni. Persian translations of his history r know as Tarjuma-i-Yamini
Place: Narain (Rajasthan)
...Cont..
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... Author quotes " The Sultan again resolved on an expedition to Hind,& marched towards Narain, urging his horses & moving over ground, hard & soft, until he came to the middle of Hind, where he reduced chiefs, who, up to that time ....Cont..
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.... obeyed no master, overturned their idols, put to the sword the vagabonds ( this is one of the names by which Muslims mean Hindus) of that country, & with delay & circumspection proceeded to accomplish his design.."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book by the same author.
Place: Nardin (Punjab)

Author says " After the Sultan had purified Hind from idolatry, & raised mosques therein, he determined to invade the capital of ......Cont..

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.... Hind to punish those who kept idols & would not acknowledge the unity of God.... He marched with a large army in the year AH404 ( AD1013) during a dark night...
" A stone was found there in the temple of the great Budda( idol)......Cont..

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.... on which an inscription was written purporting that the temple had been founded fifty thousand years ago. The Sultan was surprised at the ignorance of these people, because those who believe in the true faith represent that ....Cont..
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.... only seven thousand yrs have elapsed since the creation of the world, & the signs of resurrection r even now approaching.The Sultan asked his wise men the meaning of this inscription & they all concurred in saying that it was false,....Cont..
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....., & no faith was to be put in the evidence of a stone." According to Firishta the temple in which the inscription was found was destroyed.

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book by the same Author.
Place: Thanesar
Author quotes "The chief of Tanesar was...obstinate in his infidelity & denial of God. So the Sultan marched against him with his valiant warriors,....Cont..
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...., for the purpose of planting the standards of Islam & extirpating idolatry..
" The blood of the infidels flowed so copiously, that the stream was discoloured, not withstanding its purity, & people were unable to drink it.......Cont..
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....The victory was gained by God's grace, who has established Islam for ever as the best of religions,notwithstanding that idolaters revolt against it..Praise be to God,the protector of the world, for the honour he bestows upon Islam & Musulmans"

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book by the same Author.
Place: Mathura

Author quotes " The Sultan then departed from the environs of the city, in which was a temple of the Hindus. The name of this place...... Cont..
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....was Maharatul Hind.... On both sides of the city there were a thousand houses, to which idol temples were attached, all strengthened from top to bottom by rivets of iron, & all made of masonry work..
" In the middle of the city there....Cont..
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...was a temple larger & firmer than the rest, which can neither be described nor painted. The Sultan thus wrote respecting it:-- ' If any should wish to construct a building equal to this, he would not be able to do it without expending....Cont.
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....an hundred thousand, thousand red dinars,& it would occupy 200 years even though the most experienced & able workmen were employed '.The Sultan gave orders that all the temples should be burnt with naptha & fire,& .....Cont..

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.... levelled with the ground."
The conspicuous temple referred to in this passage was most probably that of Kesavadeva predecessor of those destroyed by latter-day Islamic iconoclasts, the latest by Aurangzeb.

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book by the same Author.
Place: Kanauj ( U.P.)
Author quotes " In Kanauj there were nearly 10000 temples, which the idolaters falsely & absurdly represented to have been founded by.....Cont..
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.....their ancestors 2 or 3 hundred thousand years ago...Many of the inhabitants of the place fled & were scattered abroad like so many wretched windows & orphans, from the fear which oppressed them in consequence of witnessing the fate...Cont..
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....of their deaf & dumb idols. Many of them thus effected their escape, & those who did not fly were put to death."

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Book: Kamilu't-Tawarikh
Author: Shykh 'Abu'I Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abu'I Karam Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Karim ibn 'Abdul Wahid as-Shaibani, commonly known as Ibn Asir. Born in AD 1160.......Cont..

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.... in the Jazirat ibn 'Umar, an island on the Tigris above Mosul. It enjoys a very high reputation.
Place: Unidentified Places ( Rajasthan & Gujarat)
Author quotes " So he prayed to the Almighty for aid, & left Ghazni on the 10th...Cont..
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.... of Sha'ban AH 414...with 30000 horse besides volunteers, & took the road to Multan. After he had crossed the desert, he perceived on one side a fort full of people, in which there were wells. People came down to conciliate him,......Cont..
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.... but he invested the place, & God gave him victory... So he brought the place under the sway of Islam, killed the inhabitants, & broke in pieces their images....
" The chief of Anhilwara called Bhim, fled hastily... Yaminu-d daula ......Cont..
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....again started for Somnath,& on his march he came to several forts in which were many images serving as Chamberlains or heralds of Somnath, & accordingly he( Mahmud) called them Shaitan. He killed the people who were in these places....Cont..
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..., destroyed the fortifications, broke in pieces the idols & continued his march to Somnath...."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book, by the same author.
Place: Somnath ( Gujarat)

Author quotes " This temple of Somnat was built upon 56 pillars of teak wood covered with lead. The idol itself was in a chamber.....Cont..
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...Yaminu'd daula seized it, part of it he burnt, & part of it he carried away with him to Ghazni, where he made it a step at the entrance of the Jami' masjid...."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni.
Book: Tabqat-i-Nasiri
Author: Maulana 'Abu 'Umr 'Usman Minhaju'd-Din bin Siraju'd-Din al-Juzjani, born in AD 1193. His History starts with Adam & comes down to the year 1260
Place: Somnath (Gujarat)
.....Cont..
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.... Author quotes " When Sultan Mahmud ascended the throne of sovereignty, his illustrious deeds became manifest unto all mankind within the pale of Islam when he converted so many thousands of idol temples into masjids.......Cont..
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He led an army to Nahrwalah of Gujarat, & brought away Manat, the idol, from Somnath, & had it broken into 4 parts, one of which was cast before the entrance of the great Masjid at Ghaznin, the 2nd before the gateway of the Sultan's.....Cont....
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.... palace, & the 3rd & 4th were sent to Makkah & Madinah respectively."
The translator comments in a footnote:" Among the different coins struck in Mahmud's reign one bore the following inscription: ' The right hand of the empire,.....Cont..
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... Mahmud Sultan, son of Nasir-ud-Din Subuk-Tigin, Breaker of Idols. ' This coin appears to have been struck at Lahore, in the 7th year of his reign."

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Book: Asaru'I-Bilad
Author: Zakariya bin Muhammad, born in Kazwin, Iran & well known as al-Kazwini. His work is a compilation from the writings of travellers like Istakhri & Ibn Hauqal
.....Cont..
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..... Place: Somnath ( Gujarat)
Author quotes " SOMNAT-- A celebrated city of India, is situated on the shores of the sea, & washed by its waves. Among the wonders of that place was the temple in which was placed the idol called.....Cont..
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..... Somnat....When the Sultan Yaminu-d Daula Mahmud bin Subuktigin went to wage religious war against India, he made great efforts to capture & destroy Somnat, in the hope that Hindus would become Muhammadans. He arrived there in ......Cont..
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.....the middle of Zil K'ada AH 416 ( December AD 1025). The Indian's made a desperate resistance.... The number of slain exceeded 50000...."

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Book: Nizamu't-Tawarikh
Author: Abu Sa'id'Abdullah bin 'Abu'Hasan 'Ali Baizawi, born at Baiza, a town near Shiraz, Iran.

Author quotes " Nasiru-d din [ Subuktigin] died in the year AH 387 ( AD 997)....Cont..
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.....& the command of his troops descended to Mahmud by inheritance, & by confirmation of Nuh, son of Mansur... He demolished the Hindu temples & gave prevalence to the Muhammadan faith..."

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Book:Tarikh-i-Guzida
Author:Hamdu'llah bin 'Abu Bakr bin Hamud bin Nasr Mustaufi of Kazwin in Iran,written in AD 1329.His work contains matter not found elsewhere
Place:Nagarkot Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)....Cont
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......Author quotes " He now attacked the fort of Bhim, where was a temple of the Hindus. He was victorious, & obtained much wealth, including about a hundred idols of gold & silver. One of the golden images, which weighed a million......Cont..
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.... mishkals, the Sultan appropriated to the decoration of the Mosque of Ghazni, so that the ornaments of the doors were of gold instead of iron."

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Book: Habibu's-Siyar
Author: Ghiyasu'd-Din Muhammad bin Humamu'd-Din, known as Khondmir.
Place: Somnath ( Gujarat)
Author quotes " He several times waged war against the infidels of Hindustan,....Cont..
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.... & he brought under his subjection a large portion of their country, until, having made himself master of Somnat, he destroyed all idol temples of that country...
" Sultan Mahmud, having entered into the idol temple, beheld....Cont..
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.....an excessively long & broad room, in so much that 56 pillars had been made to support the roof, Somnat was an idol cut out of stone, whose height was 5 yards, of which 3 yards were visible, & 2 yards were concealed in the ground....Cont..
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....Yaminu-d daula having broken that idol with his hand, ordered that they should pack up pieces of the stone, take them 2 Ghaznin, & throw them on the threshold of the Jama Masjid..."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book.
Place: Mathura, U.P.
Author quotes " From that place Sultan proceeded to a certain city, which was accounted holy by the people of the country. In that city the men of Ghaznin.....Cont..
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...saw so many strange & wonderful things, that to tell them or to write a description of them is not easy..In short, the Sultan Mahmud having possessed himself of the booty, burned their temples & proceeded towards Kanauj."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book.
Place: Kanauj, U.P.
Author quotes " The Ghaznivids found in these forts & their dependencies 10000 idol temples, & they ascertained the vicious belief of the Hindus to be, that since...Cont..
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....the erection of these buildings no less than 3 or 400k years had elapsed. Sultan Mahmud during this expedition achieved many other conquests after he left Kanauj & sent to hell many of the infidels with blows of the well tempered sword...Cont.
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.... Such a number of slaves were assembled in that great camp, that the price of a single one did not exceed 10 dirhams."
The number of temples mentioned in this passage means the number of temples destroyed.

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Book: Tarikh-i-Alfi
Author: Mulla Ahmad Thatawi & Asag Khan.
Place: Somnath ( Gujarat)

Author quotes " Mahmud, as soon as his eyes fell on this idol, lifted up his battleaxe with much anger, & ....Cont...
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.... struck it with such force that the idol broke into pieces. The fragments of it were ordered to be taken to Ghaznin, & were cast down at the threshold of the Jami Masjid where they r lying to this day..."

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Book: Tabqat-i-Akbari
Author: Khwajah Nizamu'd-Din Ahmad bin Muhammad Muqim al-Harbi.
Place: Thanesar ( Haryana)

Author quotes "The Sultan now received information that there was a city in Hindustan.....Cont.
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....called Thänessar, and there was a great temple there in which there was an idol called Jagarsom, whom the people of Hindustän worshiped. I collected a large force with the object of carrying on a religious war, and in the year AH 402...Cont..
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.....marched towards Thänessar. The son of Jaipal having received intelligence of this, sent an envoy and represented through him, that if the Sultän would relinquish this enterprise, he would send fifty elephants as tribute.....Cont..
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.....The Sultan paid no heed to this offer, and when I have reached Thanessar I have found the city empty. The soldiers ravaged and plundered whatever they could lay hands upon, broke the idols and carried Jagarsom to Ghaznin.....Cont..
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....The Sultan ordered that the idol should the placed in front of the place of prayer, so that people would trample upon it. "

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Book: Muntakhabu't-Tawarikh
Author: Mulla Abdul Qadir Badauni son of Muluk Shah.
Place: Somnath ( Gujarat)
Author quotes Somnath (Gujarat) ".'Asjadi composed the following qaşida in honour of this.....Cont..
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expedition:
When the King of kings marched to Somnat,
He made his own deeds the standard of miracles...
"Once more he led his army against Somnät , which is a large city on the coast of the ocean, a place of worship of the Brahmans.....Cont..
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....who worship a large idol. There are many golden idols there. Although cer- tain historians have called this idol Manat, and say that it is the identi- cal idol which Arab idolaters brought to the coast of Hindustän in the time....Cont..
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...of the Lord of the Missive (may the blessings and peace of God be upon him ), this story has no foundation because the Brahmans of India firmly believe that this idol has been in that place since the time of Kishan,...Cont..
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....that is to say four thousand years and a fraction...The reason for this mistake must surely be the resemblance in name, and nothing else.. The fort was taken and Mahmüd broke the idol in fragments and sent it to Ghaznin,....Cont..
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.....where it was placed at the door of the Jama' Masjid and trodden under foot. "

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book, by the same Author.
Place: Thanesar ( Haryana)

Author quotes "In the year AH 402 (AD 1011) he set out for Thanesar & Jaipal, the son of the former Jaipal, offered him a present of.....Cont..
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....fifty elephants & much treasure. The Sultan, however, was not to be deterred from his purpose; so he refused to accept his present, & seeing Thanesar empty he sacked it and destroyed its idol temples, & took away to Ghaznin,......Cont..
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...., the idol known as Chakarsum on account of which the Hindus had been ruined; and having placed it in his court, caused it to be trampled under foot by the people."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book, by the same Author.
Place: Mathura, U.P.

Author quotes " ...From thence he went to Mathra which is a place of worship of the infidels, & the birthplace of Kishan,......Cont..
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....the son of Basudev, whom the Hindus worship as a divinity-where there are idol temples without number, and took it without any contest and razed it to the ground. Great wealth and booty fell into the hands of the Muslims,.....Cont..
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....among the rest they broke up by the orders of the Sultan, a golden idol."

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Book: Tarikh-i-Farishta
Author: Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Firishta, born in Astrabad on the Caspian Sea & came to Bijapur in AD 1589. This is the most widely read Persian history at present....Cont..
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.... Place: Nagarkot Kangra ( Himachal)
Author quotes "The king, in his zeal to propagate the faith, now marched against the Hindoos of Nagrakote, breaking down their idols and razing their temples......Cont..
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....The fort, at that time denominated the Fort of Bheem, was closely invested by the Mahomedans, who had first laid waste the country around it with fire and sword."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book, by the same Author.
Place: Thanesar ( Haryana)
Author quotes "In the year AH 402 (AD 1011), Mahmood resolved on the conquest of Tahnesur, in the kingdom of Hindoostan....Cont..
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....It had reached the cars of the king that Tahnesur was held in the same veneration by idolaters, as Mecca by the faithful; that they had there set up a number of idols, the principal of which they called Jugsom, pretending that.....Cont..
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....it had existed ever since the creation. Mahmood having reached Punjab, required, according to the subsisting treaty with Anundpal, that his army should not be molested on its march through his country.."
" The Raja's brother, with....Cont..
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.....2000 horse was also sent to meet the army, and to deliver the following message:-'My brother is the subject and tributary of the King, but he begs permission to acquaint his Majesty, that Tahnesur is the principal place of....Cont..
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....worship of the inhabitants of the country: that if it is required by the religion of Mahmood to subvert the religion of others, he has already acquitted himself of that duty, in the destruction of the temple of Nagrakote.....Cont..
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....But if he should be pleased to alter his resolution regarding Tahnesur, Anundpal promises that the amount of the revenues of that country shall be annually paid to Mahmood; that a sum shall also be paid to reimburse him for....Cont..
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....the expense of his expedition, besides which, on his own part he will present him with fifty elephants, and jewels to a considerable amount. Mahmood replied, "The religion of the faithful inculcates the following tenet: .....Cont..
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...That in proportion as the tenets of the prophet are diffused, and his fol lowers exert themselves in the subversion of idolatry, so shall be their reward in heaven; that, therefore, it behoved him, with the assistance of God, ....Cont..
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....to root out the worship of idols from the face of all India. How then should he spare Tahnesur?"
"This answer was communicated to the Raja of Dehly, who, resolving to oppose the invaders, sent messengers throughout Hindoostan ....Cont..
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....to acquaint the other rajas that Mahmood, without provocation, was marching with a vast army to destroy Tahnesur, now under his immediate protection. He observed, that if a barrier was not expeditiously raised against this roaring. ...Cont..
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...torrent, the country of Hindoostan would be soon overwhelmed, & that it behoved them to unite their forces at Tahnesur, to avert the impending calamity. "Mahmood having reached Tahnesur before the Hindoos had time to take measures...Cont..
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....for its defence, the city was plundered, the idols broken, and the idol Jugsom was sent to Ghizny to be trodden under foot...."

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#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book by the same Author.
Place: Mathura

Author quote " Mahmood having refreshed his troops,& understanding that at some distance stood the rich city of Mutra, consecrated to Krishn Vasdew,...Cont.
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....whom the Hindoos venerate as an emanation of God, directed his march thither and entering it with little opposition from the troops of the Raja of Delhy, to whom it belonged, gave it up to plunder. He broke down or bumed all the idols,...Cont.
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....& amassed a vast quantity of gold & silver, of which the idols were mostly composed. He would have destroyed the temples also, but he found the labour would have been excessive; while some say that he was averted from his purpose.....Cont..
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....by their admirable beauty. He certainly extravagantly extolled the magnificence of the buildings and city in a letter to the govemor of Ghizny, in which the following passage occurs: "There are here a thousand edifices as firm as...Cont..
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...the faith of the faithful; most of them of marble, besides innumerable temples; nor is it likely that this city has attained its present condition but at the expense of many millions of deenars, nor could such another be.....Cont..
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...constructed under a period of 2 centuries.'
"The King tarried in Mutra 20 days; in which time the city suffered greatly from fire, beside the damage it sustained by being pillaged. At length he continued his march along the course of....Cont..
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...a stream on whose banks were 7 strong fortifications, all of which fell in succession: there were also discovered some very ancient temples, which, according to the Hindoos, had existed for 4000 years. Having sacked these temples ....Cont..
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....& forts, the troops were led against the fort of Munj." "The King, on his return, ordered a magnificent mosque to be built of marble and granite, of such beauty as struck every beholder with astonishment, and furnished it with rich....Cont..
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....carpets,& with candelabras & other ornaments of silver & gold. This mosque was universally known by the name of the Celestial Bride. In its neighbourhood the King founded an university, supplied with a vast collection of curious .....Cont..
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....books in various languages. It contained also a museum of natural curiosities. For the maintenance of this establishment he appropriated a large sum of money, besides a sufficient fund for the maintenance of the students, & .....Cont..
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.... proper persons to instruct youth in the arts and sciences...
"The King, in the yr AH410( AD 1019), caused an account of his exploits to written & sent to the Caliph, who ordered it to be read to the people of Bagdad, making a.....Cont..
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.... great festival upon the occasion, expressive of his joy at the propagation of the faith."

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1.
#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book by the same Author.
Place: Kanauj (U.P.)
Author quotes "In this year, that is AH 412, Sultan Mahmud learnt that the people of Hindustan had turned against the Raja of Qanauj...Cont..
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....Nanda, the Raja of Kalinjar attacked Qanauj because Raja Kuwar (of Qanauj) had surrendered to Sultan Mahmud. As a result of this attack Raja Kuwar was killed. When Sultan Mahmud learnt it, he collected a large army...and started .....Cont..
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..towards Hindustan with a view to take revenge upon Raja Nanda. As the army of Musalmäns reached the Jumna(Yamuna river),the son of Raja Anand Pal,stood in the way of Mahmud. The river of Jumna was in spate at this time, & it became very...Cont..
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...difficult for the army to get across... But as chance would have it, 8 royal guards of Mahmud showed courage & crossed the river...they attacked the army of the Hindus & dispersed it....Cont..
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...the son of Anand Pal ran away with his chiefs. All the eight royal guards...entered a city nearby and they plundered it to their heart's content. They demolished the temples in that place."

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1.
#HistoricalFacts of #MahmudOfGhazni in the same book, by the same Author.
Place: Nardin ( Punjab)

Author quotes: "About this time the King learned that the inhabitants of two hilly tracts, denominated Kuriat and Nardein......Cont..
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....continued the worship of idols and had not embraced the faith of Islam...Mahmood resolved to carry the war against these infidels, & accordingly marched towards their country...The Ghiznevide general, Ameer Ally, .....Cont..
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....the son of Arslan Jazib, was now sent with a division of the army to reduce Nardein, which he accomplished, pillaging the country, and carrying away many of the people captives. In Nardein was a temple, which Ameer Ally destroyed,.....Cont..
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.... bringing from thence a stone on which were curious inscriptions, and which according to the Hindoos, must have been 40,000 years old..."

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