Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c11.16

c11.16

Sikandar, though liberal in these respects, was a bigoted Musalmān. While at Narwār, he broke down many Hindu temples and built mosques in their place; and we hear of a college being established there at this time wherein he placed many holy and learned men.² “He entirely ruined the shrines of Mathurā, and turned the principal Hindu places of worship into caravansarais and colleges.”³