New NCERT Class 7 History Details Ghazni's Raids, Temple Destruction

• New NCERT Class 7 history book features an expanded, sharper section on Ghaznavid invasions, emphasizing Mahmud of Ghazni's destruction, plunder, and spread of Islam.
• The updated content details Mahmud of Ghazni's campaigns, including the plunder of Mathura, Kannauj, and the destruction of the Somnath temple.
• The book describes Mahmud as a ruthless general, responsible for killing civilians and selling children into Central Asian slave markets.
• It also includes new accounts of Bakhtiyar Khilji's destruction of Nalanda and Vikramashila, and Muhammad bin Qasim's Arab invasion of Sindh.
• NCERT previously removed content

Why It Matters: New history textbooks reshape students' understanding of India's past.