A History of Agriculture in India v2.c55.s2.2

v2.c55.s2.2

In A.D. 1001 he defeated Jaipal, Raja of the Punjab, whose dominion extended on the West to Kabul. In the course of four campaigns Jaipal lost all his territory west of the Indus, and Peshawar was occupied by the Moslems. In A.D. 1022, Mahmud annexed the Punjab and became an Indian ruler. In the succeeding years, Mahmud plundered the temples of Kangra (A.D. 1009), Mathura (A.D. 1018), and Somnath (A.D. 1024), and on each occasion he returned to Ghazni with fabulous quantities of gold, silver and diamonds.