Ghazni

Ghazni, a city of Afghanistan, was formerly the seat of empire, and played an important part in the early history of British India. It is on the high central table-land in long. 68° 20' E., and lat. 33° 34' N., at a height of 17,726 feet above sea-level, and on the road from Kandahar to Kabul, and on the Ghazni river. The climate is cold, and there is a good deal of snow. It was the capital of a native empire from the 10th to 12th century, and then came into the possession of the Sultan of Ghur, and passed afterwards to the Mongols and fell into decay. In 1738 Nadir, Shah of Persia, took it, and at his death it became Afghan. It was stormed by the English in 1839, by the Afghans in 1842, and retaken by the English in the same year. There are many ruins and monuments, among them being the tomb of Mahmud, and the tower of Mahmud.