Mahmud, Maḥmūd: 1 definition
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: OpenEdition books: վīٳ첹貹� (History)Maḥmūd of Ghaẓnī (= Gajjaṇavai) is mentioned in the վīٳ첹貹 by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (īٳ).—In the year 1024, Gajjaṇavaī (Maḥmūd de Ghaẓnī) sacked Gujarat and, on the way back, saw the temple of Mahāvīra in Satyapura.—The date of 1024 given by Jinaprabha suggests that it is about the expedition of Maḥmūd of Ghaẓnī against Somanātha, which historians place between 1023 and 1027 ( Nāzim 1931 p. 214) - most generally in 1024-1025 -: cf. Struggle for empire 1966 ( 1 1957) p. 19 and 23 n. 11, AHI 1963 ( 1 1946) p. 183.

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Starts with: Mahmud pantai.
Full-text: Mahmud pantai, Gajjanavai, Somanatha, Alp Tegin, Samanid, Hammiravira, Ghazni, Muslim conquest, Jalpeshvara, Rajaprithu, Swat Valley, Gandhara.
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Political history of Kashmir (from A.D. 600�1200) (by Krishna Swaroop Saxena)
Part 2 - Mahmud and Kashmir < [Chapter 9 - Advent of the Loharas]
Part 1 - The history of Sangramaraja (c. 1003 - 1028 A.D.) < [Chapter 9 - Advent of the Loharas]
Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)
Story 241 - The story of Ayaz < [Chapter XLIX - Renunciation]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
11. The Oldest Dated Manuscript of Punjaraja’s Commentary < [Volume 1 (1945)]
53. Date of the Rajavinoda of Udayaraja < [Volume 1 (1945)]
63. Historical and Geographical Names in the Lakshmanotsava < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
5. Summary of the Satyapuriya-mahavira-utsaha < [Chapter 2 - The works of Dhanapala]
Chapter 3 - The Date of Dhanapala
10. Dissention with Bhoja and migration to Sacora < [Chapter 1 - The Author (biography of Dhanapala)]
Shaivacintamani (analytical study) (by Swati Sucharita Pattanaik)
Part 4.1 - Description of Somanātha Liṅga < [Chapter 2: Śaivism in Śaiva Purāṇas of Odisha]
Firdausi < [January - March 1977]
The Coming of the Mystics < [April 1937]
Indians Have Little Sense of History < [April � June, 2007]