Ruins of the Asri Mahal Library
© K.L.Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
The Asri Mahal Library
After Aurangjeb conquered Bijapur, Asri Mahal, hitherto served as a great archive of Arabian and Persian literature, was looted/destroyed. It is hard to describe the harm this destruction caused to Indian history
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Ruins of the Asri Mahal Library, Bijapur
Ruins of the Asri Mahal Library, Bijapur