"To all fojdars, garrison commanders, accountants, district collectors of land revenue and their officials from Katak to Midnapur on the frontiers of Orissa. The imperial bakhshi Asad Khan has sent a letter written according to the instructions of the emperor to say that the emperor, learning from the News Letters of the province of Orissa that at the village of Tilkkuti in Mednipur a temple has been built, has issued his august mandate for its destruction and the destruction of all temples built anywhere in the province. Therefore, you are hereby commanded with extreme urgency that immediately on the receipt of this letter you should destroy the above-mentioned temples. Every temple built during the last ten or twelve years should be demolished without delay, Also do not allow the Hindus and infidels to repair their old temples. Reports of the destruction of temples should be sent to the court under the seal of Qazis and attested by pious Shaikhs."
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Different translation: Orders issued on all faujdars of thanas, mutsaddis, agents of jagirdars, karoris, and amils from Katak to Medinapur on the frontier of Orissa. The Imperial Pay Master (Diwan) Asad Khan has sent a letter written by order of the Emperor, to say, that the Emperor on learning from the news letters of the Suba Orissa that at the village Tilkuti in Medinipur, a temple has been newly built, has issued his august mandate for its destruction, and the destruction of all temples buil
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