"The king forgot his kingly duties and took a delight day and night, in breaking images. He broke the images of Martanda, Vishaya, Isana, Chakrabhrit and Tripuresvara. There was no city, no town, no village, no wood where Suha the Turushka left the temples of gods unbroken."
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According to Firishta, Sikandar issued “orders proscribing the residence of any person other than Muhammadans in Kashmir and he required that no man should wear the mark on his forehead, or any woman be permitted to burn with her husband’s corpse.
he insisted on all the golden and silver images being broken and melted down, and the metal coined into money”.
Firishta continues: “Many of the Brahmins, rather than abandon their religion or their country, poisoned themselves; some emigrated from their native homes, while a few escaped the evil of banishment by becoming Muhammadans.
After the emigration of the Brahmins, Sikandar ordered all the temples in Kashmir to be thrown down.”
That's why Sikandar called The Butshikan (destroyer of idols).
Source : The Delhi sultanate by Rc majumdar
That's why Sikandar called The Butshikan (destroyer of idols).
Source : The Delhi sultanate by Rc majumdar
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