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Somnath temple (IAST: somanātha) or Deo Patan, is a Hindu temple, located in Prabhas Patan, Veraval in Gujarat, India. It is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites the Tirtha Kshetra for Hindus and is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva . [ 1 ]
The Sack of Somnath in 1026 was a military campaign orchestrated by Mahmud of Ghazni, a ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, directed against the Chaulukya dynasty of Gujarat. This is considered Mahmud's fifteenth invasion of India , which saw strategic captures and decisive battles and culminated in the destruction of the revered Somnath Temple .
The Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan. Archaeological museum [Prabas Patan Museum] [4] [open from 8:30am – 12:15pm and 2:30pm - 6pm] - Down the lane to the north of the temple is a museum with important archaeological remains from the former Somnath Temple. Though lacking in proper documentation or guidebooks, the time spent here is worth the ...
Bhima I (r. c. 1022–1064 CE) was a Chaulukya king who ruled parts of present-day Gujarat, India.The early years of his reign saw an invasion from the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud, who sacked the Somnath temple.
English: Somanatha temple is a historic Shiva temple, a jyotirlinga and one of the most revered pilgrimage site for the Hindus. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. The temple's history is the subject of social, political and scholarly controversy. The above image is a photograph of an archival print published by F. Nelson in 1895.
Other excavations he conducted and led include archaeological projects at Hastinapur, Sisupalgarh, Rupnagar, Kausambi, Porkalam, Somnath, Prakash, Kuchai, and Juna Pani. Thapar edited the Archaeological Survey of India's official journals Indian Archaeology from 1973 to 1979 and Purattatva from 1974 to 1978.
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The temple had earlier been destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni in the 11th century, but had since been re-built. [14] The Delhi army met with resistance at Somnath. An inscription records that two "Vāja" warriors named Malasuta and Padamala died at the door of the Somanatha temple on 6 June 1299, while fighting the Turushkas (the Turkic people). [19]