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 46 GHAZNI AND GHOR for India by way of Kabul in November, 1034. Falling ill on the road, he determined to renounce wine, threw all the liquor he had into the Jihlam, and broke his flagons. No drinking was allowed throughout the army. How slight was the hold of the Moslems on Hindustan may be realized from the fact that the march to Hansi (about two-thirds of the distance from Lahore to Delhi) was regarded as a dangerous adventure. The fortress made a desperate resistance, but was mined in five places, and stormed at the point of the sword at the beginning of February. The priests and officers were killed, and the women, children, and treasure were carried to Ghazni. Returning through deep snow,