"‘On the 15th Rabi-ul-akhir [2 September 1669], it was reported to his religious Majesty, leaders of the unitarians, that in obedience to order, the Government officers had destroyed the temple of Bishnath [Vishwanath] at Benares.’"

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Saqi Mustaid Khan , Masir-i-Alamgiri, in H.M. Elliot and John Dowson, History of India as Told By its Own Historians, Vol. VII (London: Trübner & Co., 1877), p. 184. Vikram Sampath - Waiting for Shiva_ Unearthing the Truth of Kashi's Gyan Vapi-BluOne Ink (2024)