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Who was the king who defeated Muhammad Gazi

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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....