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Ancient and Medieval History (Easy) Sultanate Period

“The battle was a scene of terrible carnage wherein more than 5000 Hindus were put to death, the temple and the costly, artistic idols were broken into pieces and all valuables including the sandalwood doors were carried away to Ghazni.” Which temple are we talking about ?

the Shiva temple at Kosi

the Somnath temple

the Shiva temple, Varanasi

the Krishna temple, Mathura

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Explanation:

In 1024, during the reign of Bhima I, the prominent Turkic Muslim ruler Mahmud of Ghazni raided Gujarat, plundering the Somnath temple and breaking its jyotirlinga. He took away a booty of 20 million dinars.