"[Thanks to Babur's destruction mania,] temples as strong as a thunderbolt were set on fire."
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Guru Nanak, Babar-vani. Cited in Narain, Harsh (1993). The Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute: Focus on Muslim sources. Delhi: Penman Publishers. p. 14.
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