SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Ghori
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Ghazni
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Akbzr
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Asoka
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India 17 times in order to plunder the wealth from the country. It was the first Turkish invasion in the country. He raided the Somnath Temple on the coast of Kathiawad in the year 1025 AD and the temple was destroyed in the year 1026 AD.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.