Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.349

c10.349

The next reign of Maḥmūd Tughlaq was rendered gloomy by the formidable invasion of Tīmūr, who came as a tornado sweeping away all that fell in his way. Many a flourishing town was depopulated, and instead of the living inhabitants their dead corpses lay about in the streets. The people in alarm fled far away from their homes at the approach of this enemy of India, so that all the places through which he passed became deserts. Delhi, once the queen of Indian cities, was given up to sack and conflagration for five continuous days. The pillage extended even up to Hardwar.