Facts:
— True Indology (@TIinExile) October 30, 2019
Rajendra Chola never "sacked" a Shiva temple. He took away Shiva Murti of a defeated rival king Mahipala and installed it inside his Amirtakadesvarar temple!
Ghazni broke Shiva Linga of Somnath and placed it on footsteps of Ghazni mosque for devout Muslims to trod upon https://t.co/s9pBuQ985M pic.twitter.com/dDELTA3QxT
This is the image of Shiva that originally belonged in Pala king Mahipala's Royal temple in Murshidabad (Bengal)
— True Indology (@TIinExile) October 30, 2019
Rajendra Chola defeated Mahipala, took this image with him to Tamilnadu & installed it inside Mela Kadambur Amirtakadeswarar Temple where it is worshiped even today pic.twitter.com/yAopfc5gUW
"Ghazni broke a part of Somnath idol. The remainder he took to Ghaznin Mosque where the idol was thrown before door of mosque on which people rub their feet"-
— True Indology (@TIinExile) October 30, 2019
Ghazni's court historian Al Beruni (c.1030 CE)
This is how #perspectives such as Rajendra Chola=Ghazni are manufactured pic.twitter.com/JxoiYTpHjJ
