Question
Though an attack on this temple was exalted by scholars like al-Biruni to demonstrate its perpetrator’s devotion to Islam, little mention of it was made by local Hindus. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this temple on the coast of Gujarat that was sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni. In 1842, the British claimed a random set of doors from Ghazni as being from this temple when “returning” them.
ANSWER: Somnath Temple [or Somanatha temple/mandir; or Deo Patan]
[10m] The British may have returned the doors to win support from Hindus following a disastrous retreat from this city, where William Elphinstone’s column was massacred by Wazir Akbar Khan.
ANSWER: Kabul
[10e] Though Mahmud mostly just raided India, slaves under fellow Turkic conqueror Muhammad of Ghor formed a sultanate based in this city. The British moved the capital of the Raj from Calcutta to a planned district within this city in 1911.
ANSWER: Delhi [accept New Delhi]
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Summary
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Mojo Shojo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Chicago A | Chicago B+ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Illinois A+ | Epic Games | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
OSU | Maryland B- | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Northwestern | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
WUSTL | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |