re: mahmood ghaznavi a looter?
Correction:
1-There is no ‘secular’ Raja in India. Just as there is no ‘secular’ India.
2- The intention of Pak Army was not to damage kaaba.
Destruction of Babri Masjid does not have any similarity with this.
3- Before Ghaznavi was even appeared in Somnath, many local hindus/Rajas had commited destroying/attacking/looting somnath pilgrims since it was considered as a place where money was flourishing.
His intention was not to gain money, if he did, he would have accepted the ransom offered by Brahmans.
http://rupeenews.com/2008/11/21/why-mahmud-of-ghazni-attacked-somnath/
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After a fierce and close battle] Mahmud entered the temple and possessed himself of its fabulous wealth. Not a hundredth part of the gold and precious stones he obtained from Somnath were to be found in the treasury of any king of Hindustan.’ **Later historians have related how Mahmud refused the enormous ransom offered by the Brahmans, and preferred the title of Idol-breaker’(But-shikan) to that of `Idol-seller’ (But-farosh).* He struck the idol with his mace and his piety was instantly rewarded by the precious stones that came out of its belly.* Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni by Mohammad Habib…
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