The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.110.4

v1.c11.110.4

The temple which was built of brick on an elevated place, was converted into a mosque and the old mosque was ordered to be shut "from hatred against anything that had been done under the dynasty of the Caliphs of the house of ‘Umayya. When afterwards the blessed prince Maḥmud swept away their rule from those countries, he made again the old mosque the place of the Friday worship.”¹