[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) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Nāṣirī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri) › [Tabakat-i-Nasiri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty) › 192.3.5 # The Nāṣirī Generations 192.3.5 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 192.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [192.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.192.3.5) After he returned to the capital, in the year 632 H., the Sultan led the hosts of Islam towards Malwah, and took the fortress and town \[or city\] of Bhilsan, and demolished the idol-temple which took three hundred years in building, and which, in altitude, was about one hundred ells. From thence he advanced to Ujjain-Nagari, and destroyed the idol-temple of Maha-kal Diw. The effigy of Bikramajit who was sovereign of Ujjain-Nagari, and from whose reign to the present time one thousand, three hundred, and sixteen years have elapsed, and from whose reign they date the Hindu-i era, together with other effigies besides his, which were formed of molten brass, together with the stone \[idol\] of Maha-kal, were carried away to Dihli, the capital. In the year 633 H., the Sultan led the forces of Hindustan towards Banian \[or Banyan\], and, during that march, weakness subdued his blessed person ; and, when, through bodily affliction, he came back from thence, on Wednesday, the first of the month, Sha’ban, early in the forenoon, the time chosen by the Astrologers, seated in a covered litter he entered the capital of his kingdom, the illustrious city of Dihli. After nineteen days, his illness having increased, on Monday, the 20th of Sha'ban, in the year 633 H., he was removed from the abode of mortality to the everlasting mansion. His reign extended to a period of twenty-six years. God enlighten his understanding ! - [Previous: 192.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.192.3.4) - [Next: 193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.193) - [Up: 192.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.192.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.192.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.192.3.5) · Pramāṇa