A History of Agriculture in India v2.c63.s3.t2.2

v2.c63.s3.t2.2

Sikander Lodi was a bigot who destroyed Hindu temples recklessly. Abdulla states, ‘He was so zealous a Musulman that he utterly destroyed diverse places of worship of the infidels, and left not a vestige remaining of them.’² His reign was marked by exceptionally low prices of foodgrains. He generally resided at Agra, which became a city in his time. Before that it was merely a large village. Sikandra, the suburb of Agra, is named after him. Under his orders, the Argar-maha-bedak, on the science of medicine and the treatment of disease, was translated, and received the name of *Tibb-i Sikandari*. The book is the foundation of the practice of the physicians of Hind, and was thus brought into general use.