Question

Who destroyed the famous Somnath temple?
A. Mohammed Ghori
B. Ahmed Shah Abdali
C. Mahmud of Ghazni
D. Alauddin Khilji

Answer 1

Hint:Somnath temple is situated in Sagar Kant of Saurashtra in the state of Gujarat in India. It is a magnificent temple, and it is also mentioned in the Rigveda.
Due to the different legends related to it, the temple is considered sacred. Somnath, an epithet of Lord Shiva, means 'Lord of Soma.'
"The temple of Somnath is known as the Eternal Shrine" after a book by K. Via this title and his account of the demolition and rebuilding of the temple several times in history, M. Munshi.

Complete answer:
Despite many destructive foreign invaders, Somnath Temple remains very attractive. The temple has been built again whenever it is destroyed. It is said that 2000 years back, the first Somnath temple existed, and In 649 AD, the temple was built for the second time in the place by the king Maitre of Vallabhaneni. In 725, the temple was destroyed by the old ruler of Sindh.
In the year 815, Pratishtha king Nag Bhatt II constructed the temple for the third time using the red stone, which is the sandstone. Mohammed Ghazni, in the year 1026, lent the precious jewels and the property of the temple. He looted the temple and slaughtered many pilgrims and burnt the temple, and destroyed it.
The famous Somnath temple was destroyed by Mohammed Ghazni.
Thus, option C) Mohammed Ghazni is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:In the year 1026 – 1042, the fourth temple of Bhoj and Anhilwad Patan, Pamar king of Malwa, was constructed by Solanki Raja Bhimdev.
Again the Somnath temple was destroyed by the Delhi Sultanate when they occupied the Gujrat in the year 1299. In 1394 again, the Somnath temple was destroyed.
The Mughal ruler in 1706 Aurangzeb again demolished the temple.