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QWho overthrew the Hindu Shahis and ruled for 157 years in the tenth century?

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  • A Umayyad Caliphate ✔ ✖
  • B Ghurid dynasty ✔ ✖
  • C Mughal Empire ✔ ✖
  • D Delhi Sultanate ✔ ✖
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The Turkic Ghaznavids overthrew the Hindu Shahis in the tenth century.
They established their rule and governed for a period of 157 years, gradually declining as a power until the Ghurid conquest of Lahore in 1186.

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