Question

Identify the picture and answer the following questions.

1. Identify this monument and the place where it is located.
2. Who is believed to have taken away all the wealth from this monument?
3. How many times did this invader attack India and looted its wealth?

Answer 1

1. This is the Somnath Temple, at Prabhas Patan (near Veraval) on the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat, India.
2. It is believed to have been looted by Mahmud of Ghazni (Mahmud Ghazni).
3. Mahmud of Ghazni made about 17 raids into India (his campaigns into the subcontinent are usually counted as 17 invasions between AD 1001 and AD 1027).