[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Khazāʾin al-futūḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh) › [Tarikh-i 'Alai (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot) › 14.10 # Khazaʾin al-futuh 14.10 Táríkh-i 'Aláí (extracts) 14.10 - **Language:** English ### [14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.10) It was then ascertained that he had fled to Jalkota, "an old city of the ancestors of Bir." There the Malik closely pursued him, but he had again escaped to the jungles, which the Malik found himself unable to penetrate, and he therefore returned to Kandur, where he searched for more elephants. Here he heard that in Brahmastpuri there was a golden idol, round which many elephants were stabled. The Malik started on a night expedition against this place, and in the morning seized no less than two hundred and fifty elephants. He then determined on razing the beautiful temple to the ground, — "you might say that it was the Paradise of Shadddd, which, after being lost, those hellites had found, and that it was the golden Lanka of Rám," — " the roof was covered with rubies and emeralds,"—" in short, it was the holy place of the Hindus, which the Malik dug up from its foundations with the greatest care," " and the heads of the Brahmans and idolaters danced from their necks and fell to the ground at their feet," and blood flowed in torrents. - [Previous: 14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.9) - [Next: 14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.11) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.10) · Pramāṇa