“Mahmood of Gazni was the first Turk who invaded Northern India 17 times.

He
destroyed the famous Somnath temple in Gujarat for the last time in 1026. At the
time of his death Turkish rulers controlled Punjab, North West Frontier Province and
Sindh. Mahmood’s descendents ruled till 1190. By then a Turk named Muhammad
Ghori deposed the Ghazni dynasty and attacked Delhi. In 1192, in the battle of
Thanesar, he defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan and Mahmood Ghori became ruler of
Delhi – Ajmer.