"Kanauj, writes he (Alberuni), was “a very large place”, but “most of it is now in ruins and desolate”. He thus confir…"

"Then a scion of the Gupta line, Harsha-Vardhana, recaptured northern India, built a capital at Kanauj, and for forty-…"

"Kinnouge, before the period of the Mahometan conquest, ranked amongst the most populous and opulent cities of Hindost…"

"The Sultan advanced to the fortifications of Kanauj, which consisted of seven distinct forts, washed by the Ganges wh…"

"Mahmud broke temples and desecrated idols wherever he went. The number of temples destroyed by him during his campaig…"

"When Muhammad later took Kanauj, in A. D. 1017, he took so much booty and so many prisoners that the fingers of those…"

"From that place the Sultan proceeded to a certain city, which was accounted holy by the people of the country. In tha…"

"Kanauj was the capital of Hind, which the infidels regarded as their pole-star."

"The author's colleagues felt that he was being unduly mild while describing a major molestation of Hindu civilisation…"

"An observation or two about the surviving Makhdum Jahaniya is necessary if an archaeological highlight is not to be m…"