The Rape of a Continent🔗

"The Raja of Nagrakote, after sustaining some loss, submitted, but was restored to his dominions. The name of Nagrakote was on this occasion changed to that of Mahomedabad. Sultan Feroze, on this occasion, broke the idols of Nagrakote, and mixing the fragments with pieces of cow's flesh, filled bags with them, and caused them to be tied round the necks of Brahmins, who were then paraded through the camp. It is said, also, that he sent the image of Nowshaba to Mecca to be thrown on the road that it might be trodden under foot by the pilgrims."

Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Firishta, Tarikh-i Firishta (1606)