GK
HIMACHAL PRADESH
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1009 A.D
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1012 A.D
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1017 A.D
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1020 A.D
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahmud of Ghazni in 1009 A.D plundered the Shahi treasury at Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The fort of Kangra resisted Akbar’s siege in 1615. However, Akbar’s son Jehangir successfully subdued the fort in 1620. Jehangir forced the submission of the Raja of Chamba, “the greatest of all the rajas in the region”.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1011 AD, Ghazni attacked Nagarkot in the hills of Punjab. In the Battle of Waihind, which took place in 1013 AD near Peshawar, Mahmud attacked the Hind shahi kingdom led by Anand Pala and defeated him. Thanesar was taken prisoner by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1014. In 1015 AD, Kashmir was attacked by Mahmud of Ghazni.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mahmud initiated the first of numerous invasions of North India. On 28 November 1001, his army fought and defeated the army of Raja Jayapala of the Kabul Shahis at the Battle of Peshawar.