History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c20.24

c20.24

At Takṣaśilā, the fifth method, "deliberate arson," took place on the scale finally to have been an act of warfare or the fact had to have caused this terrible activity on the city; for many vessels, such as lamps and other better ones found in the houses and fixed with the contents were never burnt, while in the houses would be remaining, even the sacred images of the gods were abandoned at that site."¹