"On the 17th Zi-l-ka’da, 1079 [18 April 1669] it reached the ear of His Majesty, the protector of the faith, that in the provinces of Thatta, Multan and Benares, but especially in the latter [i.e. Benares], foolish Brahmins were in the habit of expounding frivolous books in their schools, and that students and learners, Musulmans as well as Hindus, went there, even from long distances, led by a desire to become acquainted with the wicked sciences they taught. The ‘Director of the Faith’ consequently issued orders to all the governors of provinces to destroy with a willing hand the schools and temples of the infidels; and they were strictly enjoined to put an entire stop to the teaching and practicing of idolatrous forms of worship."