The updated Class 7 Social Science textbooks will now teach students to get a much clearer view of one of India’s more violent historical periods. The new NCERT social science textbook, released on Friday, significantly expands the section on Mahmud of Ghazni’s invasions, moving from a brief paragraph in previous editions to six detailed pages.

Students will now read about his campaigns in Mathura, Kannauj, and the Somnath temple in Gujarat, complete with illustrations and informative boxes. The textbook highlights not just his raids and plunder, but also the human cost of his campaigns and his attempts to extend his version of Islam into non-Muslim regions.

While some may worry about exposing young students to such brutality.

Before talking about these invasions, the book has a note ca

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