Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.227

c10.227

It was thus that the greatest centre of Muhammadan learning in India was deserted by the literate; its schools and colleges, so long the resort of thousands of students, were left with few or none of their alumni. Could the upstart capital of Daulatābād, raised to its high position by the irresistible caprice of a whimsical Sulṭān, create for it the literary reputation, tradition and atmosphere which were the invaluable assets of the deserted capital?