History of Mahmud Ghaznavi:
Mahmud Ghaznavi was the son of the Turkic chieftain of the Yemeni dynasty, Subuktagin, the ruler of Ghazni. His birth no. Born in 1028 V. (AD 971), at the age of 27 in No. In 1055 (AD 998), he became the head of government. Mahmud had been hearing about the immense prosperity and wealth of India since childhood. His father had once plundered the kingdom of the Hindu royal king Jaipal and got rich wealth, Mahmud dreamed of getting rich by plundering the wealth of India.
He attacked India 17 times and looted the immense wealth here and took it to Ghazni. Indian historians influenced by the British have always glorified foreign invaders. But the temple was looted, this series of attacks started from 1001 AD. The pages of the then historical texts are filled with the dark exploits of his invasion and plunder.
List of 17 attacks on India by Mahmud Ghaznavi:
| Attack territory | Attack year | Ruler of the invaded territory |
| On the border areas of Punjab | 1000 AD | Hindushahi Raja Jaipal |
| Peshawar | 1001 AD | Hindushahi Raja Jaipal |
| Bathinda | 1005 AD | Vijayarai |
| Multan | 1006 AD | Dawood Karmakshi |
| Multan | 1007-1008 AD | Sukhpal |
| Vahid (Peshawar) | 1008-1009 AD | Anandapala of Hindushahi king |
| Narayanpur (Alwar) | 1009 AD | local unknown ruler |
| Multan | 1010 AD | Sukhpal |
| Thaneshwar | 1013-1014 AD | King Rama |
| Nandan | 1014 AD | Trilochanpal |
| Kashmir | 1015-1016 AD | Battle blacksmith |
| Mathura and Kannauj | 1018 - 1019 AD | Pratihar Governor |
| Kalinjar | 1019 AD | Gand Chandel and Trilochanpal |
| Kashmir | 1021 AD | Female governess |
| Gwalior and Kalinjar | 1022 AD | Gand Chandel |
| At the temple of Somnath | 1025-1026 AD | Bhimdev |
| On the Jats of Sindh | 1027 AD | - |
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