Editing Iconoclasm (section)

=== During the Muslim conquest of Sindh ===
Records from the campaign recorded in the ''[[Chach Nama]]'' record the destruction of temples during the early 8th century when the [[Umayyad]] governor of [[Damascus]], [[al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]],<ref>Mirza Kalichbeg Fredunbeg: The Chachnamah, An Ancient History of Sind, Giving the Hindu period down to the Arab Conquest. [http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=12701030&ct=18] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019110844/http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=12701030&ct=18|date=2017-10-19}}</ref> mobilized an expedition of 6000 cavalry under [[Muhammad bin Qasim]] in 712.

Historian Upendra Thakur records the persecution of [[Hindus]] and [[Buddhists]]:

{{blockquote|Muhammad triumphantly marched into the country, conquering [[Debal]], [[Sehwan]], [[Nerun]], Brahmanadabad, [[Aror|Alor]] and [[Multan]] one after the other in quick succession, and in less than a year and a half, the far-flung Hindu kingdom was crushed&nbsp;... There was a fearful outbreak of religious bigotry in several places and temples were wantonly desecrated. At Debal, the Nairun and Aror temples were demolished and converted into mosques.<ref name="Thakkur">''Sindhi Culture'' by U.&nbsp;T. Thakkur, Univ. of Bombay Publications, 1959. {{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=December 2024}}</ref>}}<gallery mode="packed" caption="Iconoclasm during the [[Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent]]" style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%; border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;" heights="210">
Somnath temple ruins (1869).jpg|The [[Somnath Temple]] in Gujarat was repeatedly destroyed by Islamic armies and rebuilt by Hindus. It was destroyed by Delhi Sultanate's army in 1299 AD.<ref name=eaton200080>{{cite magazine |last=Eaton |first=Richard M. |date=5 January 2001 |title=Temple desecration and Indo-Muslim states |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |volume=17 |issue=26 |publisher=[[The Hindu Group]] |via=Columbia University |url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_eaton_temples2.pdf#page=4 <!-- I'm not sure why I can't find a link at the publisher's website. --> |page=73 <!-- 70-77 --> |postscript=,}} item 16 of the Table. [https://frontline.thehindu.com/magazine/issue/vol17-26/ Issue 26 online.]</ref> The present temple was reconstructed in [[Māru-Gurjara architecture|Chalukyan style]] of Hindu temple architecture and completed in May 1951.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wVr_f_gXOX4C&pg=PA148|title=Hindu culture during and after Muslim rule: survival and subsequent challenges|author=Gopal, Ram|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|year=1994|isbn=81-85880-26-3|page=148}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sICSb-UMiQYC&pg=PA84|title=The Hindu nationalist movement and Indian politics: 1925 to the 1990s|last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|year=1996|isbn=1-85065-170-1|page=84}}</ref>

Temple Of Vishveshwur Benares by James Prinsep 1834 (cropped).jpg|The [[Kashi Vishwanath Temple]] was repeatedly destroyed by Islamic invaders such as [[Qutb al-Din Aibak]].
Sun temple martand indogreek.jpg|Ruins of the [[Martand Sun Temple]]. The temple was destroyed on the orders of Muslim Sultan [[Sikandar Butshikan]] in the early 15th century, with demolition lasting a year.
Temple de Mînâkshî01.jpg|The armies of Delhi Sultanate led by Muslim Commander [[Malik Kafur]] plundered the [[Meenakshi Temple]] and looted it of its valuables.
Warangal_fort.jpg|[[Kakatiya Kala Thoranam]] (Warangal Gate) built by the [[Kakatiya dynasty]] in ruins; one of the many temple complexes destroyed by the Delhi Sultanate.<ref name=Eaton-sep>{{cite journal |last=Eaton |first=Richard M. |date=1 September 2000 |title=Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States |journal=[[Journal of Islamic Studies]] |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=283–319 |publisher=Oxford University Press |issn=0955-2340 |doi=10.1093/jis/11.3.283 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
Rani ki vav1.jpg|[[Rani Ki Vav]] is a [[stepwell]], built by the [[Chaulukya dynasty]], located in [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]]; the city was sacked by [[Sultanate of Delhi|Sultan of Delhi]] [[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]] between 1200 and 1210, and it was destroyed by the [[Allauddin Khilji]] in 1298.<ref name=Eaton-sep/>
Elevation of Kirtistambh Rudramahalaya Sidhpur Gujarat India.jpg|Artistic rendition of the Kirtistambh at [[Rudra Mahalaya Temple]]. The temple was destroyed by [[Alauddin Khalji]].
Exteriors Carvings of Shantaleshwara Shrine 02.jpg|Exterior wall reliefs at [[Hoysaleswara Temple]]. The temple was twice sacked and plundered by the Delhi Sultanate.<ref name="Bradnock2000p959">{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Bradnock|first2=Roma|last2=Bradnock|title=India Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hCFDsTbmhoC|year=2000|publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-0-658-01151-1|page=959}}</ref>
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