Islamic Destruction of Hindu Temples (Book: Chach-Namah)

Mohammed bin Qasim (AD 712-715)

Siwistan and Sisam (Sindh)

Mohammed bin Qasem wrote to al-Hajjaj, the governor of Iraq:

"The forts of Siwistan and Sism have been already taken. The nephew of Dahir, his warriors, and principal officers have been dispatched, and infidels converted to Islam or destroyed. Instead of idol temples, mosques and other places of worship have been built, pulpits have been erected, the Khutba is read, the call to prayers is raised so that devotions are performed at sacred hours."

Multan (Punjab) "Mohammed Qasem arose and with his counselors, guards and attendants went to the temple. He saw there an idol made of gold, and its two eye were bright red rubies... Muhammed Qasem ordered the idol to be taken up. Two hundred and thirty ‘mans’ of gold were brought to the treasury together with the gems and pearls and treasures which were obtained from the plunder of Multan."