"[Mahmud of Ghazni] ‘found in this temple, a greater quantity of jewels and gold, than, it is thought, any royal treasury, ever contained before’."
— Firishta

January 1, 1970

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About the Somnath temple. Firishta, History of Hindostan, Vol. 1, pp. 86. quoted from Sampath V. (2022). Bravehearts of bharat : vignettes from indian history. Penguin Random House India