GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Harihara
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Varaha
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Narasimha
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Bhima 1
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Mahmud Ghazni invaded Somnath Temple in 1025 AD, Bhima I was ruling that region but Bhima I fled from there. In 1026 AD, he again attacked Bhima I who was ruling the Kachh region. Mahmud also attacked the Jat people of Jud same year. He looted the wealth worth 20 lakhs dinar at the Somnath temple.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bhima I (r. c. 1022–1064 CE) was a Chaulukya king who ruled parts of present-day Gujarat, India. The early years of his reign saw an invasion from the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud, who sacked the Somnath temple.
Detailed explanation-3: -During his campaigns in the subcontinent, he also attacked the temples of defeated kings and looted their wealth and idols. Sultan Mahmud was not a very important ruler at that time. By destroying the Somnath temple he tried to win credit as a great hero of Islam.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hint: Mahmud of Ghazni was a Turkish invader who attacked India 17 times between 1000 and 1024 AD for the dual purposes for accumulating wealth and spreading Islam. In 1024 AD, he raided Gujarat and took away all the wealth of the Somnath temple, damaging it severely.