Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them v2.c19.s3.20

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There was a similar Muslim settlement at ANhilwaD Patan, the capital of Gujarat under the Chaulukya and the Vaghela dynasties of Hindu kings. An inscription dated AD 1282 fixed in the wall of a mosque in this place, records the death of a Muslim merchant in the reign of the Vaghela king Sarañgadeva (AD 1274-96). Within our present state of knowledge, writes Z.A. Desai, this is the only record at Patan which is dated in the pre-Muslim period of Gujarat, furnishing evidence of the settlement, or at least presence, of Muslims in the very capital of the Rajput rulers.⁶ But as he himself admits Muslim remains also have not survived the ravages of time⁷ in this town. It is quite likely that an inscription similar to that at Prabhas Patan existed at ANhilwaD Patan also.