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152 NORTHERN OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE. BOOK VI. that had been thrown down and desecrated by the bigot Aurangzib. This he did (in 1659) in order that he might erect on the most venerated spot of the Hindus his mosque, whose tall minarets still rear their heads in insult over all the Hindu buildings of the city. As has already been remarked (page 87), there is hardly any great city in Hindustan that can show so few evidences of antiquity as Benares. The Buddhist remains now existing at Sarnath hardly can be said to belong 348- Temple of Visveswa. r. (From Prinsep's ' Views in Benares.') No Scale. to the city. It must be remembered that the iconoclastic zeal of the Muhammadans was ever ready to burst forth against the fanes of Hindu idolatry. And after the defeat of Jayachandra of Kanauj, in 1194, Benares fell into the hands of Mii'izzu-d-