Q. _____ attacked the southern coast of Kathiawar along the Arabian Sea, where he sacked the city of Somnath and its renowned Hindu temple:
Answer: Mahmud Ghazni
Notes: In 1024, Mahmud of Ghazni set out on his last famous expedition to the southern coast of Kathiawar along the Arabian Sea, where he sacked the city of Somnath and its renowned Hindu temple. He killed 50,000 devotees and took away a booty of 20 million dinars.

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