Riyaz al-salatin 3.2.5

3.2.5

The country of Orissa and the fort of Barahbati being subjugated, were added to the dominions under the sovereignty of the Musalman Emperors. The firm Muhammadan religion and the enlightened laws of Islam were introduced into that country. Before this, the Musalman Sovereigns exercised no authority over this country." Of the miracles of Kalapahar, one was this, that wherever in that country, the sound of his drum reached, 'the hands and the feet, the ears and the noses of the idols,' worshipped by the Hindus, fell off their stone-figures, so that even now 'stone-idols, with hands and feet broken, and noses and ears cut off, are lying at several places in that country. And the Hindus pursuing the false, from blindness of their hearts, with full sense and knowledge, devote themselves to their worship! It is known what grows out of stone: From its worship what is gained, except shame?