Originally posted by: myviewprem
Jesuit father Monserrate has written in his travel letters that many hindu temples were destroyed and in its place tombs and shrines were built. This father was a tutor of Murad and taught him BIBLE.During seige of Chittor many temples were destroyed by Mughal armyPrayag name was changed to Allahabad by Akbar onlyPlease read dalpat vilas a contemproray take on Akbar of that time.Man Singh started constructing a temple in 1595 in Bengal and Akbar told him to make it a mosque insteadThere are many historical evidences and writings about temples being destroyed in Akbar's regime. This continued in Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb regime too. Only Jehangir was liberal to not bother to destroy temples and build mosques.
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