How to display images in Latex side by side

I got the solution from https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/186615/how-can-i-arrange-multiple-figures-in-rows-of-3-in-a-two-column-document?rq=1

\usepackage{lipsum,graphicx,multicol}
\begin{document}
%\abovecaptionskip=0pt
\begin{figure*}[t]
\begin{multicols}{3}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}\par\caption{caption}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-b}\par\caption{caption}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-c}\par\caption{caption}
\end{multicols}
\begin{multicols}{3}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}\par\caption{caption}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-b}\par\caption{caption}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-c}\par\caption{caption}
\end{multicols}
\end{figure*}
\lipsum[1-10]