High Middle Ages · South Asia · War
1018
Mahmud of Ghazni sacks Mathura and Kanauj
1018
The Ghaznavid sultan stormed the sacred Hindu city of Mathura on the Yamuna, where his soldiers marveled at the jeweled idols before smashing them. He then marched to Kanauj, the ancient imperial capital, which surrendered without a fight. The twin raids stripped the Gangetic heartland of its accumulated temple wealth and shattered northern India's remaining political confidence.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.