Who was the king who defeated Muhammad Gazi

Eight time he was defeated in India.

Vidyadhara Chandela defeated him twice forced him to give up his plans to conquer North and Central India.

Kirtiraja Kachwaha of Gwalior also defeated him once.

Sangramaraja of Kashmir defeated him twice when he invaded Kashmir.

He was defeated by Govindraja Chauhan at Ajmer.

Twice he refused to fight and simply fled thus saving Western India - thanks to Paramara Bhoja and once more, by Govindaraja Chauhan.

After his sack of Somnath, Mahmud learnt that Paramara Bhoja was on the march to fight him - Mahmud ran away!

When he reached frontier of Rajasthan and Gujarat, he found that Govindaraja Chauhan was on the move to intercept him. So he in order to avoid Chauhans marched home through Thar desert - this march nearly killed him and his army.

After this, he never launched another “plundering raid” into India.

Let us use our common sense to disprove widely accepted belief.

Mahmud advanced as far as Kalinjar in east and Somnath in south. He is said to have defeated all rulers.

If so why was it that his empire’s eastern border at the time of his death was Sirhind (in modern Punjab)?

What happened to his conquests to the east and south?

Now you will come with the myth that he was only interested in looting.

If you defeat ruler of a wealthy land, will you establish your rule over that land to ensure a steady and safe supply of wealth in the form of tribute or will you opt for another plundering raid?

And you think plundering raids are easy? They are costly and risk prone military enterprises. One mistake - and you get disaster.

So what is the logical conclusion?

His efforts to conquer North, Central and Western India did not succeed.

For information of all - his descendants also tried to conquer India for next two centuries - only to be thwarted by valiant leaders like Sukhadeva (Raja Suheldev), Lakshmikarna, Chandradeva, Madanapala, Govindachandra, Vijayachandra, Arnoraja, Ajayaraja II, Vigraharaja III, Chamundaraja, Vigraharaja IV, Prithviraja II, and so on.

As for those who take pain or pride in sack of Somanath, let me just add - thousands of temples and monasteries had been destroyed in India by a whole range of invaders from Greeks to Arabs. But those were not recorded in detail like Somnath.

If you check Indian history, when ever an invader fails to subjugates India, he is immediately declared as a mere raider (so as to divert attention from the valiant heroes who thwarted the invasion) - whether Mahmud, Timur, Nadir Shah or Abdali. If Babur had been defeated by Lodi or Sanga, our “eminent historians” would have declared him also as a raider.

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