Somanatha
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| Originally published | 2004 |
| Authors | Romila Thapar |
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| ID | 2595645 |
About Somanatha
In 1026, Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni raided the Hindu temple of Somanatha (Somnath in textbooks of the colonial period). The story of the raid has reverberated in Indian history, but largely during the raj. It was first depicted as a trauma for the Hindu population not in India, but in the House of Commons. . . .