[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) › [History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs) › 6.4.9 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 6.4.9 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 6.4.9 - **Language:** English ### [6.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.6.4.9) Mahmood having refreshed his troops, and understanding that at some distance stood the rich city of Mutra, consecrated to Krishn-Vas-dew, whom the Hindoos venerate as an emanation of God; directed his march thither, and entering it with little opposition from the troops of the Raja of Dehly, to whom it belonged, gave it up to plunder. He broke down or burnt all the idols, and amassed a vast quantity of gold and silver, of which the idols were mostly composed. He would have destroyed the temples also, but he found the labour would have been excessive; while some say that he was averted from his purpose by their admirable beauty. He certainly extravagantly extolled the magnificence of the buildings and city in a letter to the governor of Ghizny, in which the following passage occurs: — “There are here a thousand edifices as firm as the faith of the faithful; most of them of marble, besides innumerable temples; nor is it likely this city has attained its present "condition but at the expence of many millions of deenars, nor could such another be constructed under a period of two centuries." - [Previous: 6.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.6.4.8) - [Next: 6.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.6.5.1) - [Up: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.6.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.6.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.6.4.9) · Pramāṇa