Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India c8.s8.133

c8.s8.133

*Chaitanya-magala*, a biography of the great Vaishnava saint of medieval India, presents the plight of the Hindus in Navadvipa on the eve of the saint's birth in 1484 CE. The author Jayananda writes "...The king plunders the houses of those who wear sacred threads on the shoulder and put sacred marks on the forehead, and then binds them. He breaks the temples and uproots tulsi plants... The bathing in Ganga is prohibited..."