Somnath through time
Now Somnath, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat
Also known as: Somanatha (the temple's name, Lord of the Moon); Prabhas Patan (the town where the temple stood)
Theme M2 · 711 to 1186 CE
The advent of Islam and the first Turkish invasion
One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, about 1,500 km from Ghazni, sacked in 1025 to 1026 and rebuilt by Bhoja and by Kumarapala
Theme 12c · 900 to 1200 CE
Sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1025, in the reign of the Solanki Bhima I