History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c46.24

v3.c46.24

Jan. 1680. "The grand temple in front of the Maharana's mansion [at Udaipur]—one of the wonderful buildings of the age, which had cost the infidels much money—was destroyed and its images broken." (*M.A.* 186.) "On 24 Jan. the Emperor went to view the lake Udaisagar and ordered all the three temples on its banks to be pulled down" (p. 188.) "On 29 Jan. Hasan Ali Khan reported that 172 other temples in the environs of Udaipur had been demolished" (p. 189.) "On 22nd Feb. the Emperor went to look at Chitor, and by his order the 63 temples of the place were destroyed" (p. 189.)