Question

Why did Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni attack only the temple towns of Northern India?

Answer 1

In a short period of twenty-five years, Mahmud made seventeen raids. Meanwhile, he fought battles in Central Asia and in Afghanistan as well. Between A.D. 1,010 and 1025, Mahmud attacked only on the temple towns in northern India, as he had heard that there was much gold and jewelry kept in the big temples in India.

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Answer 2

So to plunder the wealth of India he made very first attack in 1001. He attacked India 17 times on India. He made his 16th attack on the Somnath temple in 1025 just to plunder the gold.