"Mahmud demolished Somnath in the year 416 (1122)' and carried its relics to Ghazni. After his death, unbelief returned to Naharwala as its residents took an idol and buried it on a side. There was publicity of return of Somnath. They took it out from its burial place. It was exhibited and fixed at a place where it was. Malek Ulugh Khan took it along with all the spoils to Delhi. They made it the threshold at its gate. This victory took place on Wednesday, 20th Jamadi I, 698 (1299)'....'It was kept by a Brahmin after being mutilated by MaHamud. It was Lamnat. They named it Somnath. They worshipped it out of misguidance from ancient times. They carried it to Delhi. It was placed at the entrance of the gate"
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Somnath (Gujarat) . Zafarul Walih Bi Muzaffar Wa Ălihi, translated into English by M.F. LokhandÂwala, Baroda, 1970 and 1974, Vol. II, p. 646-50. As quoted in Goel, S. R. (1993). Hindu temples: What happened to them. Vol II, Ch. 7.
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Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat
Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat, or the Muslim Conquest of Gujarat began in 1299, when the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji sent an army to ransack the Gujarat region of India, which was ruled by the Vaghela king Karna. The Delhi forces plundered several major cities of Gujarat, including Anahilavada (Patan), Khambhat, Surat and Somnath. Karna was able to regain control of at least a part of his kingdom in the later years. However, in 1304, a second invasion by Alauddin's forces perma
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