Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Message
- Message
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1 The Dancing Girl
- CHAPTER 2 The Vedic Age
- CHAPTER 3 The Middle Path
- CHAPTER 4 Greeks at the Door
- CHAPTER 5 The Science of Government
- CHAPTER 6 Remorse at Kalinga
- CHAPTER 7 Martyrdom at Mylapore
- CHAPTER 8 Valley of Blood
- CHAPTER 9 The Nine Gems
- CHAPTER 10 The Giver of Knowledge
- CHAPTER 11 Arab Storm
- CHAPTER 12 The Reformation
- CHAPTER 13 The Gates of Somnath
- CHAPTER 14 Beacon of Civilization
- CHAPTER 15 Sovereign Lord
- CHAPTER 16 A Slave's Slave
- CHAPTER 17 The Shadow of Allah
- CHAPTER 18 Thousand Dinar Kafur
- CHAPTER 19 Delhi Woes
- CHAPTER 20 The Bulwark
- CHAPTER 21 For Christians and Spices
- CHAPTER 22 Matchlocks and Cannons
- CHAPTER 23 The Afghan
- CHAPTER 24 The Last Maharajah of Delhi
- CHAPTER 25 The Death of a City
- CHAPTER 26 The Divine Religion
- CHAPTER 27 The Book
- CHAPTER 28 The Light of the World
- CHAPTER 29 Splendour Amidst Misery
- CHAPTER 30 The Seizer of the Universe
- Select Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Photo Credits
- Index
- About the Author
CHAPTER 13 - The Gates of Somnath
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Message
- Message
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1 The Dancing Girl
- CHAPTER 2 The Vedic Age
- CHAPTER 3 The Middle Path
- CHAPTER 4 Greeks at the Door
- CHAPTER 5 The Science of Government
- CHAPTER 6 Remorse at Kalinga
- CHAPTER 7 Martyrdom at Mylapore
- CHAPTER 8 Valley of Blood
- CHAPTER 9 The Nine Gems
- CHAPTER 10 The Giver of Knowledge
- CHAPTER 11 Arab Storm
- CHAPTER 12 The Reformation
- CHAPTER 13 The Gates of Somnath
- CHAPTER 14 Beacon of Civilization
- CHAPTER 15 Sovereign Lord
- CHAPTER 16 A Slave's Slave
- CHAPTER 17 The Shadow of Allah
- CHAPTER 18 Thousand Dinar Kafur
- CHAPTER 19 Delhi Woes
- CHAPTER 20 The Bulwark
- CHAPTER 21 For Christians and Spices
- CHAPTER 22 Matchlocks and Cannons
- CHAPTER 23 The Afghan
- CHAPTER 24 The Last Maharajah of Delhi
- CHAPTER 25 The Death of a City
- CHAPTER 26 The Divine Religion
- CHAPTER 27 The Book
- CHAPTER 28 The Light of the World
- CHAPTER 29 Splendour Amidst Misery
- CHAPTER 30 The Seizer of the Universe
- Select Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Photo Credits
- Index
- About the Author
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- The Dancing GirlA History of Early India, pp. 118 - 125Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2011