High Middle Ages · South Asia · War
1024
Mahmud of Ghazni sacks Somnath
December 31, 1024
The Turkish sultan led a camel army across the Thar Desert and stormed the Shiva temple on the Gujarati coast. His men smashed the great lingam with hammers, carried away fifty thousand pounds of gold, and left perhaps fifty thousand defenders dead around the shrine. Hindu memory would keep this wound raw for centuries.
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