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Rape Of Temples

Apropos the point made by Naipaul, here is a list of the major temples plundered and/or demolished by Turks and Mughals.
Place	Year	Attacked By
Mathura	1018	Mahmud of Ghazni
Kanauj	1018	Mahmud of Ghazni
Somnath	1025	Mahmud of Ghazni
Varanasi	1192	Muhammad of Ghor
Varanasi	1194	Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Devagiri	1296	Alauddin Khalji
Somnath	1299	Alauddin Khalji
Devagiri	1307	Alauddin Khalji
Warangal	1309	Malik Kafur
Madurai	1311	Malik Kafur
Srirangam	1311	Malik Kafur
Chidambaram	1311	Malik Kafur
Puri	1361	Feroze Shah Tughlaq
Ayodhya	1528	Mir Baki
Hampi	1565	Bahmanid Sultans
Varanasi	1669	Aurangzeb
Mathura	1670	Aurangzeb

Even a casual glance at India's history reveals the following kings who meet these requirements comfortably:
1. Chandragupta Maurya (320 - 298 BC)
2. Samudra Gupta (335 - 380 AD)
3. Harshavardhana (606 - 647)
4. Pulikeshi II (610 - 642)
5. Amoghavarsha I (814 - 878)
6. Rajendra Chola (1014 - 1044)
7. Krishnadevaraya (1509 - 1529)
8. Chhatrapati Shivaji (1674 - 1680)
9. Ranjit Singh (1780 - 1839)

The Most Important Battles in India's History

Which were the most important battles in India's history?

Year	Place	Winner	Loser
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712	Raor	Muhammad bin Qasim	Dahir
Result: Arabs won Sindh
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1001	Peshawar	Mahmud of Ghazni	Jayapala
Result: Turks won Punjab
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1192	Tarain	Muhammad of Ghor	Prithviraj Chauhan
Result: Turks won north India
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1527	Khanua	Babur	Rana Sanga
Result: Mughals won north India
			.
1556	Panipat	Akbar	Hemu
Result: Mughals retook north India
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1565	Talikote	Bahmani sultanates	Vijayanagara Empire
Result: Last great Hindu kingdom was destroyed
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1746	Madras	French	Anwar-ud-din (Carnatic)
Result: Showed Europe's military superiority over India
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1757	Plassey	East India Company	Siraj-ud-daula (Bengal)
Result: British won east India
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1761	Panipat	Ahmed Shah Abdali	Marathas
Result: Maratha power was shattered
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1764	Buxar	East India Company	Mir Qasim (Bengal)
			Shuja-ud-daula (Awadh)
			Shah Alam (Delhi)
Result: British became the most powerful force in India