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SULTANGANJ |
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| The Murli Hill
of Sultanganj situated just on the bank of the Ganga, from where one has to take the boat
to visit the Ajgaivinath temple at mid-Gauga, is also a place of antiquity. It contains a
Gupta inscription and a number of Hindu and Buddhistic images. There are large stone slabs
and other relies to show that there were temples as well on this hill. Now the hill has
got a mosque at its summit, which is ascribed to Ikhtiyar Muhammad Khilji, son of
Bakhtiyar Khilji. Ikhtiyar Muhammad Khilji is taken to be the fanatic whohaddestroyed
Nalanda and Vikramshila Universities towards the close of the 12th century A.D. Most of
the other images left unmolested at Murli Hill were disfigured by Kala Pahar, another
fanatic who was the military commander of Daud Khan, the Ruler of Bengal. Daud Khan had
revolted against Akbar in 1573 and had held out till his force was routed and he was put
to death by the imperial force near Rajmahal in 1576. There is not much evidence, however,
to show that Sultanganj came under the influence of the Jains. This is rather peculiar, as
the 23rd Tirthankara Parsva and the 24th or the last Tirthankara Mahavira Vardhamana had
visited Champanagar or Bhagalpur. |
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