| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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MUSLIM CHRONICLES ON SOMANATHA |
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The wear of the aperture points to the use of this temple for nearly three hundreds years;
the temple which Mahmud destroyed existed for much longer than a hundred
years. The construction of the Third
Temple then must be placed about A.D. 800 during the time of the conquest of Saurashtra by
the The temple noticed by Al-Biruni was founded on large blocks of stone on the sea-shore in such a way that its walls were washed by the waves and the idol remained under water at appointed hours. It was a large edifice, the roof of which was carried on 56 well-ornamented columns of teakwood brought from Africa.7 7. Kamilu't Tawarikh of Ibnu'l Athir, Vol. IX, p. 24. Tarikh-i-Firishta, Persian text, p. 33. |
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