A History of Agriculture in India v2.c55.s2.1

v2.c55.s2.1

In A.D. 997 Mahmud succeeded his father, Sabaktigin. Mahmud was a religious fanatic, and he vowed to invade India every year. He raided India seventeen times according to Sir Henry Elliot. His custom was to leave Ghazni early in October, and utilize the cold weather for his marauding operations. At the beginning of summer he used to return from Hindustan to enjoy the cool climate of his native country Afghanistan. He used to bring large number of prisoners as slaves, and these included skilled masons whom he employed for the construction of mosques and palaces at Ghazni.