History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c23.11

c23.11

Not only Ferishtah but Hājīuddabīr also has to say something interesting about this raid. He says that from Dwarsamudra Kāfūr marched to Sarandīp (Ceylon) and broke the Ling-i-Mahādeva there.⁴ These versions simply show that Kāfūr's raid to a Shivite temple in south India was considered a venture unique in its kind; and later historians, ignorant of the topography of the Deccan but anxious to say something about this military feat, fell into the temptation of identifying it with Rameshvaram and even with Ceylon. To sum up, the temple raided was Chidambaram and not Rameshvaram because:—