[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) › 46.3.2 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 46.3.2 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 46.3.2 - **Language:** English ### [46.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.46.3.2) Then he asked the keeper of the Budh temple Nóbhar: “Is this your idol?” “Yes” he replied, “but it had two bracelets on, and one is missing.” “Well,” said Muhammad Kasim, “cannot your god know who has taken away his bracelet?” The keeper bent his head down. Muhammad Kasim laughed and returned the bracelet to him, and he fixed it again on the idol’s arm. Muhammad Kasim now ordered that those of the fighters who submitted should not be killed, but the rest of them should. Ladi however told him: “The people of this country are good builders and some of them are merchants. All the houses in this town have been built by them, and all the lands here are cultivated by them. The treasury has always remained full owing to their earnings and their labours. If you kill them, you lose your wealth.” Muhammad Kasim, therefore, to please Ladi spared them all. The narrators of stories and the writers of histories state that, out of the body of men handed over to the executioners for slaughter, a person stepped forth and said: “I am in possession of a wonderful thing.” The executioner told him “show it to me.” The man said “I won’t show it to you; nor to any person other than the commander himself.” Muhammad Kasim was informed of this. He sent for the man, and the man was immediately brought to him. “What wonderful thing have you got?” asked Muhammad Kasim. “A thing” replied the man, “that has never been seen before by any person.” “Bring it and show it to me,” said Muhammad Kasim. - [Previous: 46.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.46.3.1) - [Next: 46.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.46.3.3) - [Up: 46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.46.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.46.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.46.3.2) · Pramāṇa