"There is no doubt, in our mind, that the Ad-Bisheswar temple stood on this site, and was destroyed by the Mohammedans, who, as usual, transferred its stones to their own mosque."
— M. A. Sherring

January 1, 1970

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"The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of the Benares in Ancient and Modern Times" also quoted in Pushpa Prasad - Sanskrit Inscriptions of Delhi Sultanate_ 1191-1526-Oxford University Press (1991)