"Shaykh Jalal ad-Din Tabrizi demolished a large temple and constructed a Takiyah (khanqah) at Devatalla (Deva Mahal) in Bengal..."
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Harsh Narain, Myths of Composite Culture and Equality of Religions (1990)
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