Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them v2.c19.s3.21

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Cambay or Khambat, the famous port of Gujarat, abounds in Muslim inscriptions from the time when Gujarat was a Hindu kingdom. An inscription dated AD 1218 in the reign of the Chaulukya king Bhimadeva II (AD 1178-1242), records the construction of a Jami Masjid and says in the very first sentence that no one else would be invoked with Allah.⁸ Another inscription dated AD 1232 in the reign of the same Hindu king records the death of a Muslim and declares, again in the first sentence, that Surely, the true religion with Allah is Islam.⁹ A third inscription dated 1284 in the reign of the Vaghela king Sarañgadeva (AD 1274-96), records the death of another Muslim and says that whoever disbelieves in the communications of Allah-then, surely Allah is quick in reckoning.¹⁰