"Muhammad bin Tughluq is generally, and perhaps rightly, regarded as a man of liberal views. The Chinese Emperor asked for his permission to build a temple at Samhal, a place of pilgrimage in the Himalayan hills frequented by the Chinese, which the Muslim army āhad seized, destroyed and sackedā. But the Sultan, who accepted the rich presents sent by the Chinese Emperor, wrote to him a reply to this effect: āIslam does not allow the furthering of such an aim and the permission to build a temple in a Muslim country can be accorded only to those who pay the jizya."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
XVII.C.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_History_and_Culture_of_the_Indian_People
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
The History and Culture of the Indian People
The History and Culture of the Indian People is a series of eleven volumes on the history of India, from prehistoric times to the establishment of the modern state in 1947. Historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar was the general editor of the series, as well as a major contributor. The entire work took 26 years to complete. The set was published in India by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai.
61 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by The History and Culture of the Indian People ā
Related Quotes
"Thus the Muslim antagonism to the Freedom Movement of India dates back to its beginning itself. (151ff)"
"The history of India is not the story of how she underwent foreign invasions, but how she resisted them and eventuallā¦"
"Max MĆ¼ller, Weber, Muir, and others held that the Punjab was the main scene of the activity of the Rgveda, whereas thā¦"
"That age [of the Rigveda] is not known with even an approximate degree of certainty."
"The Bharatas, who gave their name to the whole country, are the most important of the Rigvedic tribes."
"The Bharatas appear prominently in the Rigveda in relationship with Sudas and the Tritsus, and are enemies of the Purus."
"Did the worshippers of Indra go from an earlier home in the Indus valley to Asia Minor, or was the process just the rā¦"
"In the seventh century A.D., these two kingdoms formed parts of India both politically and culturally, being Indian iā¦"
"When we remember their wonderful military success in other parts of the world, the comparatively insignificant resultā¦"
"āOn the whole ... the language of the first nine Mandalas must be regarded as homogeneous, inspite of traces of previā¦"