Sultan Mahmud's Campaigns in India

1000 CE · Pencap / Sind / Kuzey Hindistan · military

Between 1000 and 1027 the Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud mounted seventeen campaigns into India; extensive territories including the Punjab were conquered and the temple of Somnath was plundered (1025).

The booty and slaves seized turned Ghazna into the wealthiest cultural centre of the age. The campaigns secured the permanent establishment of Islam in northwestern India.

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What was Sultan Mahmud's Campaigns in India?
Between 1000 and 1027 the Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud mounted seventeen campaigns into India; extensive territories including the Punjab were conquered and the temple of Somnath was plundered (1025).
When did Sultan Mahmud's Campaigns in India happen?
1000 CE
Where did Sultan Mahmud's Campaigns in India take place?
Pencap / Sind / Kuzey Hindistan