Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s10.12

c12.s10.12

Near the village of ’Umārpūr there is a spot called *Darasbārī*, or the College. A very large inscription of the time of Yūsuf Shāh (dated 1479 A.D.), found at the place, refers to the building of a Masjid. “It is, however, very probable that the Masjid may have been attached to the college, as the stone is much too heavy to have been moved from its original site.”⁴ Many a madrasah like