1 History & Culture · 1.3.2 Arab and Turkish invasions

1.3.2.2 Mahmud of Ghazni: raids and Alberuni's Kitab-ul-Hind

Mahmud of Ghazni (997-1030) raided northern India about seventeen times for treasure, shattered the Hindushahis and annexed Punjab, while the scholar Alberuni who came with him wrote the best account of Indian society of the time.

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  • Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Sabuktigin
  • Alptigin
  • Hindushahi
  • Jayapala
  • Anandapala
  • Somnath
  • Mathura
  • Kanauj
  • Alberuni
  • Kitab-ul-Hind
  • Firdausi
  • Utbi

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