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→Destruction of Hindu Temples
"...The houses of this country(Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet men of the government in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power to destroy and raze the temples of the infidels(Hindus) that meet the eye on the way. You should appoint an orthodox inspector who may afterwards destroy them at leisure and dig up their foundations..."
"...The houses of this country(Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet men of the government in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power to destroy and raze the temples of the infidels(Hindus) that meet the eye on the way. You should appoint an orthodox inspector who may afterwards destroy them at leisure and dig up their foundations..."
===Temple Destruction Account in "Muraqat-I-Abu-I-Hasan" by Maulana Abul Hasan===
Bengal and Orissa
"...Order issued on all faujdars of thanas, civil officers(mutasaddis), agents of jagirdars, kroris, and amlas from Katak to Medinapur on the frontier of Orissa:- The imperial paymaster Asad Khan has sent a letter written by order of the Emperor, to say, that the Emperor learning from the newsletters of the province of Orissa that at the village of Tilkuti in Medinapur a temple has been(newly) built, has issued his August mandate for its destruction, and the destruction of all temples built anywhere in this province by the worthless infidels. Therefore, you are, commanded with extreme urgency that immediately on the receipt of this letter you should destroy the above mentioned temples. Every idol-house built during the last 10 or 12 years, whether with brick or clay, should be demolished without delay. Also do not allow the crushed Hindus and despicable infidels to repair their old temples. Reports of the destruction of temples should be sent to the court under the seal of the Qazis and attested by pious shaikhs..."
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