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→Destruction of Hindu Temples
"...Darab Khan who had been sent with a strong force to punish the Rajputs of Khandela and to demolish the great temple of the place, attacked on March 8th/Safar 5th, and slew the three hundred odd men who made a bold defence, not one of them escaping alive. The temples of Khandela and Sanula and all other temples in the neighborhood were demolished..."
"...Darab Khan who had been sent with a strong force to punish the Rajputs of Khandela and to demolish the great temple of the place, attacked on March 8th/Safar 5th, and slew the three hundred odd men who made a bold defence, not one of them escaping alive. The temples of Khandela and Sanula and all other temples in the neighborhood were demolished..."
Jodhpur(Rajasthan)
"...On 24th Rabi S.(Sunday, May 25th), Khan Jahan Bahadur came from Jodhpur, after demolishing the temples and bringing with himself some cart loads of idols, and had audience of the Emperor, who highly praised him and ordered that the idols, which were mostly jewelled, golden, silver, bronze, copper, or stone, should be cast in the yard of the Court and under the steps of the Jama Mosque, to be trodden upon..."
Udaipur(Rajasthan)
"...Ruhullah Khan and Ekkataz Khan went to demolish the great temple in front of the Rana's palace, which was one of the rarest buildings of the age and the chief cause of the destruction of the life and property of the despised worshippers. Twenty 'machator' Rajputs who were sitting in the Temple vowed to give up their lives;first one of them came out to fight, killed some and was then himself slain, then came out another and so on, until every one of the twenty perished, after killing a large number of the imperialists including the trusted slave Ikhlas. The temple was found empty. The Hewers broke the images..."
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