RE: [ALOCHONA] Why Mahmud of Ghazni attacked Somnath?

Somnath Mandir was the Asian centre for disgusting religious practises which included nudity, som drinks and strict rule of Purohits in the name of religion. Any one differs? Please forward your evidence.
 
Mufassil Islam
Human Rights Advocate

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:27:58 +0000
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Why Mahmud of Ghazni attacked Somnath?

re: Isha khan
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Many thanks, for refreshing our memory on historical events in the sub-continent.
It brings new flavour to our site...we are more keen to yell at each other, on political topics on Bdesh!
Will you have time, to send few articles on Indian history, from 1850 - 1947, focussing on the triggering factors...for the creation of Pakistan, and why muslims and their leaders felt that creation of Pakistan
was the only solution around 1947.

Best wishes.

Khoda hafez.

dr. maqsud omar

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:29:10 -0800
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Why Mahmud of Ghazni attacked Somnath?

Why Mahmud of Ghazni attacked Somnath? THE RAJPUT ERA ENDS The end of the Rajput era created the beginning of the Muslim era in India. Dr. Smith says that this became so prominent that the centuries from the death of Harsha to the Mohammedan conquest of Hindustan, extending in round numbers from the middle of the seventh century to the close of the twelfth century, was the Rajput era . This is 500 years of Hindu rule. This is one of the few periods of history when Hindus ruled India. On the eve of the Arab invasion of Sind (712 A.D: Quaid-e-Azam said that this is the day the Pakistan movement began in India), Chandrapida, the grandson of Durlabhavardhan was the ruler of the Korkot (Kashmir ) kingdom The most powerful king was Muktipida Lalitadya, brother and successor of Chandrapida. He was a great conqueror, and is said to have conquered Punjab, Dardistan and Kabul.         Mahmud of Ghazni made two attempts between 1015-1021 to conquer Kashmir, but was unsuccessful. Mahmud of Ghazni attacked temples in the subcontinent because the temples were the seats of political power. The Brahaman priests kept all knowledge to themselves. They kept all knowledge away from the population, locked up in temples (including the knowledge to build the temple). To destroy the political and military power of the city, the temple had to be destroyed. Since the high priest controlled the populations, they had to be defeated. The temples also contained all knowledge of the area.   Mohammed Ghauri was the founder of the Muslim empire in India (1173 A.D). The slave dynasty lasted from 1206-1290. The Khilji dynasty lasted from 1290-1320. The Tughlaq dynasty lasted from (1320-1412). In 1304 Ibin-e-Batuta visited visited China through Kashmir. The Syed and Lodhi dynasty lasted from 1413-1526. During the reign of the sultans of Delhi the Khokars had established themselves between Lahore and Ghazni on the Southern border of Kashmir.   The most irksome and fearsome thing, that the Hindu can conjure, in his mind is a repeat of the fall of "Somanath" which happened a thousand years ago at the hands of Mahmud of Ghazni.   Somanath was a religious city, in the heartland of the new faith called, Brahmanism, in the lands of the naghar' Brahmans. The Brahmans were the creators of the Devanagri script though modified from our Indus script, taken from our universities of Taxila. The city of bahman nih,   mis called, Brahmanabad was located in the Kathiwar peninsula near the sea shore. The Hindu Brahmans lived off its bounty. The shrine was endowed with the income of ten thousand villages. This income wealth was not enough for them, so they had convinced the poor, pagan, and primitive people of the lands of Hindh that the idol of Somanath had the power to transmigrate their souls when they died, in a better, and richer, person, when they were re born. So everyone in his or her lifetime had to contribute way beyond their meansto please the idol with gold and jewels which the idol loved the best. The edifice was built, and stood on 56 pillars of teak wood in a huge compound, with the entrance gates made of solid sandal wood. The teak wood was inlaid with lead. The inner hall of the dome was massive. It was dark inside to create the required aura and awe in the minds of the primitive . For light effect bejewelled chandeliers hung in the right places and gave it the right look.   Near the idol was a chain of solid gold weighing (as per the Brahmans 200 maunds) which was connected with the bells. The chain was pulled at times to awake the sleeping Brahmans to come to duty a thousand at a time. During the ongoing and continuous show 500 of the most beautiful damsels well versed in all manner of things danced in shifts. The number of 500 female dancers remained constant who danced to the musicians around the clock. All this was done to please the idol made out of stone and hung in space with a magnetic field all around it. This was the ultimate magic. All this pomp and show ended when Sultan Mahmud came and took away the gates as well as the idol with him. Though the idol was broken in four pieces. The first piece was sent to Mecca to be placed under the entrance door of the Kaaba. The second piece was placed under the entrance to the prophets mosque in Medina. The third at the entrance of the great mosque of Ghuzznih, and the last piece at the entrance of the royal palace in Ghuzznih (Ghazni). According to 'Romila Thapar, an Indian historianin her book, "the history of India; vol i, on pages 232-233, she writes: "the effects of destruction of somanath are etched in the generations of all Hindu Brahmanic, mindset. They shudder from the day when the a revival of Islam takes place. All efforts for the Hindu is focused on this endevour. The bud whenever it grows must be crushed before it blossoms into a flower and the aroma leads the Muslim on a new "jihad'   The most irksome and fearsome thing, that the Hindu can conjure, in his mind is a repeat of the fall of the idol worshipers so any trick or treachery is not unlawful for them, as long as the end is justified.. The eventual fate of the Brahman idol worshipper rests with Allah. Do what they may 'Time' is an infinity before "'ALLAH", a fact which the limited mind of the Brahman fails to perceive. History of Idol of Somnath. The Idol of Manat was a famous figure in pre Islamic Arabia. During 10th Hijri Makka was conquered and idols of Lat, Habal and Uza were defaced, Manat was smuggled to India by ship. (There is evidence of relations between Idol worshipers both regions). Up on his arrival he was renamed as somnat (a common tradition in Sanskrit to add "So = good" before names for ex, bhagia & sobhagia). Mahmood Ghaznavi's 17 attempts were all vectored towards Kathiawar after defacing somnat he never came back to India, his action of sending remains of Idol to Arabia also signifies his intentions. (Submitted by Rupee News Reader Ozair)   According to many traditions one of the idols was "Nath". "Som" means "Son of". SomNath means son of Nath.

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