Storia do Mogor 277.4

277.4

These temples are in parts destroyed, for when any army passes that way they make efforts to find, if they can, what 'Ali Mardan Khan found. I have not the least doubt that in these temples there is buried money, but it cannot be easily discovered, the edifices being very spacious and paved with large stones. He who knows the place of concealment is the oldest and principal Brahman. Before he dies he informs another who is to take his place. Their idea is that if any Hindu king should gain the kingdom and make war on the Mahomedans, they would then disclose the existence of these hoards, and use the money to support him against the enemy. But in all these fifty-four years I have seen no Hindu prince on the increase, but only ruined; Shiva Ji alone have I seen living and thriving in the manner that I have recounted.