"Nirod Bhusan Roy observed, “This magnificent structure equaling in size the Great mosque of Damascus was built by the spoliation of Hindu and Buddhist shrines”."
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(about Adina Mosque) (Roy 2004: 113), in Jain, M. (2019). Flight of deities and rebirth of temples: Episodes from Indian history.224ff
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