The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.32
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.32
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¹ According to al-‘Utbī, one of the earliest authorities, the Hindus had assembled, and it was only after overcoming a desperate resistance that Mahmūd entered the shrine, but al-‘Utbī’s topography is faulty, and he appears to be confounding this expedition with another.