Ruins of the Asri Mahal Library

© K.L.Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
Ruins of the Asri Mahal Library
The Asri Mahal Library

After Aurangjeb conquered Bijapur, Asri Mahal, hitherto served as a great archive of Arabian and Persian literature, was looted/destroyed. It is hard to describe the harm this destruction caused to Indian history