"Prof. R Nath introduces the subject of the Gobind Dev temple by quoting Aurangzeb's decree of April, 1669. It said, ... eager to establish Islam, (Aurangzeb) issued orders to the governors of all the provinces to demolish the schools and temples of the infidels and with the utmost urgency put down the teaching and the public practice of the religion of these disbelievers. The great temple of Go bind Dev fell a victim to iconoclastic vandalism within a year of the decree . Its inner sanctum and its superstructure were almost entirely destroyed. The main hall was also damaged. Sculpted figures on the dvarasakha were literally defaced."