………………..attacked the southern coast of Kathiawar along the Arabian Sea, where he sacked the city of Somnath and its renowned Hindu temple in 1026.

Options

A. Firoz Shah Tugalaq
B. Mahumd of Ghazni
C. Ahmed Shah Tughlaq
D. Muhammad Ghori

Answer

B

Explanation

Mahmud of Ghazni attacked the southern coast fo Kathiawar along the Arabian Sea, where he sacked the city of Domnath and its renowned Hindu temple in 1026, where he destroyed and plundered the Somnath temple. Somnath temple is located in Gujrat and believed to be the first among the twelve "Jyotirlingas" shrines of Shiva.