"A sacred city like … Somanatha armoured principally by the devotion and reverence of the whole country, fell prey to an army pledged to fanatic destruction of alien shrines."
— Sack of Somnath

January 1, 1970

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Wars and battlesHistory of IndiaHindu temples11th century in Asia
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K Munshi, Somanatha: The Shrine Eternal, 7. in Sandeep Balakrishna - Invaders and Infidels_ From Sindh to Delhi_ The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions. Bloomsbury India (2020)