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Battle of Somnath

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India

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Somnath (1026), part of the Muslim Conquest of Northern India. Ghazni defeated Gujarat. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Ghazni
Gujarat

ON THE MAPGhaznavid Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFMuslim Conquests of India (Initial Phase)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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