How A Hindu-Buddhist Temple Was Destroyed In Afghanistan | Ghazni | India Unravelled

When you hear the word 'Ghazni', what comes to your mind?

You'll probably remember having read about the Turkic invader Mahmud of Ghazni who invaded India in the 11th century.

Mahmud's capital was the city of Ghazni in today's Afghanistan, where he would take back the riches that he plundered from India along with the desecrated temple idols as trophies of war.

No more the wealthy and prosperous city it once was, today the city of Ghazni is a mere shadow of its former self.

But the city's history does not begin with Mahmud, but stretches back centuries before him.

Watch to know how archaeological discoveries around Ghazni have radically altered how we view the history of Ghazni and the rest of Afghanistan.

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