Sikandar Butshikan

"Kashmir's conversion to Islam on a large scale also dates from the beginning of the fifteenth century....However, it was during the reign of Sikandar Butshikan , that the wind of Muslim proselytizatio…"

"Or take the case of Suhabhatta, the chief minister of Sikandar Butshikan of Kashmir . Suhabhatta who had renounced his ancestral faith for Islam is known as Suha in the Rajataringini of Jonaraja. This…"

"Towards the fag end of his life, he was infused with a zeal for demolishing idol-houses, destroying the temples and idols of the infidels. He destroyed the massive temple at Beejbehara. He had designs…"

"Firishta' attributes to Sikandar the demolition of all the Kashmirian temples save one, which was dedicated to Mahadeva, and which only escaped ' in consequence of its foundation being below the surfa…"

"Sikander burnt all books the same wise as fire burns hay. All the scintillating works faced destruction in the same manner that lotus flowers face with the onset of frosty winter."

"Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam and were massacred in case they refused to be converted'," "And Sikandarpora was laid out on the debris of the destroyed temples of the Hindus. In the neighbour…"

"There was no city, no town, no village, no wood, where the temples of the gods were unbroken. When Sureshavari, varaha and others were broken, the world trembled, but not so the mind of the wicked kin…"

"He strived to destroy the idols of the infidels. He demolished the famous temple of Mahadeva at Bahrare. The temple was dug out from its foundations and the hole reached the water level. Another templ…"