The temple was razed by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1025 AD. Somnath is mentioned in the Puranas and the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. Lord Krishna is believed to have been shot in the foot with an arrow in ...

The temple was looted too. Invader Mahmud of Ghazni killed almost 50,000 people to enter the Somnath temple. He looted all the precious things that was adorned in the temple and destroyed the ...

Thapar talked about how during one of those conversations, mentioned a story that fascinated her: the story of Mahmood of Ghazni ... the Somnath temple at all, only mentions of Mahmud raiding ...