"The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of the Benares in Ancient and Modern Times" also quoted in Pushpa Prasad - Sanskrit Inscriptions of Delhi Sultanate_ 1191-1526-Oxford University Press (1991) https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.264/page/319/mode/2up
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There is no doubt, in our mind, that the Ad-Bisheswar temple stood on this site, and was destroyed by the Mohammedans, who, as usual, transferred its stones to their own mosque.
— M. A. Sherring
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About M. A. Sherring
Matthew Atmore Sherring (1826–1880), usually cited as M.A. Sherring, was a Protestant missionary in British India who was also an Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India. He was educated at Coward College, a dissenting academy in London that trained people for nonconformist ministry.
About M. A. Sherring
Matthew Atmore Sherring (1826–1880), usually cited as M.A. Sherring, was a Protestant missionary in British India who was also an Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India. He was educated at Coward College, a dissenting academy in London that trained people for nonconformist ministry.
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