[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) › [Tāj al-maʾāthir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir) › [Taju-l Ma-asir (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot) › 14 # Taj al-maʾathir 14: The Capture of Benares. Táju-l Ma-ásir (extracts) 14 - **Language:** English ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.14) From that place the royal army proceeded towards Benares, "which is the centre of the country of Hind," and here they destroyed nearly one thousand temples, and raised mosques on their foundations ; and the knowledge of the law became promulgated, and the foundations of religion were established ;" "and the face of the dinar and the diram was adorned with the name and blessed titles" of the king. The Rais and chiefs of Hind came forward to proffer their allegiance. "The government of that country was then bestowed on one of the most celebrated and exalted servants of the State," in order that he might distribute justice and repress idolatry. When the king had settled all the affairs of the city and its vicinity, and "the record of his celebrated holy wars had been written in histories and circulated throughout the breadth of the fourth inhabited quarter of the world," he returned to Ghazna. "The standards of the Khusru, victorious in battle, were planted for some days on the fort of Asni, and the chiefs and elders all around hastened to his service with various kinds of rarities and presents, and his noble Court became the scene where the princes and generals of the world came to bow their heads in reverence." - [Previous: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.13) - [Next: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.14) · Pramāṇa