Who destroyed the temple of Somnath?

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Turkic ruler Mahmud of Ghazni.
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In AD 1026, Mahmud of Ghazni first looted the temple, and then came Afzal Khan, the commander of Ala-ud-din Khilji and later Aurangzeb. It is said that the temple was looted and destroyed as many as seventeen times In 1451, it was desecrated by Mahmud Begada, the Sultan of Gujarat. In 1546, the Portuguese,...
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In AD 1026, Mahmud of Ghazni first looted the temple, and then came Afzal Khan, the commander of Ala-ud-din Khilji and later Aurangzeb. It is said that the temple was looted and destroyed as many as seventeen times In 1451, it was desecrated by Mahmud Begada, the Sultan of Gujarat. In 1546, the Portuguese, based in Goa, attacked ports and towns in Gujarat including Somnath and destroyed several temples and mosques. By 1665, the temple, one of many, was once again ordered destroyed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. read less
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it was destroyed by mehmud of gazni
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somnath temple has been destroyed and reconstructed many times by various intruders few names are Mahmud Gajni, Allaudin Khilji, Aurangzaib, Peshwas
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Mahmud begada, Gujarat sultan
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