History of India

Mathura in Flames: Mahmud’s Most Devastating Raid

Introduction: A City Meant for Prayer Was Offered to Fire In the winter of 1018 CE, the sacred city of Mathura, cradle of Krishna’s birth and jewel of Indian civilization, met its nightmare. It wasn’t disease. It wasn’t drought. It was Mahmud of Ghazni—the poster boy of plunder posing as a paladin of faith. Mahmud’s […]