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July 2, 2005
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Ghazni, Afghanistan
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1946
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Maynard Owen Williams
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"Oxen and donkeys tread the bygone glories at Ghazni, seat of conquerors. To Ghazni, Afghanistan's great empire builder Mahmud carried back the plunder of India almost ten centuries ago. Ghazni's splendor died in 1152 when the Indian prince Ala-ud-Din gave it fire and sword. In 1839 the British stormed Ghazni and blew in this gate."
—From "Back to Afghanistan," October 1946, National Geographic magazine
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