Campaigns of the Crescent--Northern battlefield--Constant invasion --New blood against old--New creed against old--Mahmud of Ghuzni--Taking of Nagarkot--Twelve raids--The last to Somnath--Mahmud's cruelty--His avarice--A born doubter. Campaigns of the Crescent again in milder form--Masud's imitation of Mahmud's exploits--The Ghuznevide dynasty--Shahab-ud-din and Ghiass-ud-din, the brother kings--The former's change of name to Mahomed--His loot and riches.…
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