 Event, Memory and Historical Analysis: A Reconstruction of Temple Destructions in IndiaAmit K Suman and Namita Singh Working Papers from eSocialSciences Abstract: This paper will highlight the myths that surround the question of mass conversion to Islam and the so called temple destructions by the Muslims during the formative years of the Sultanate and the Mughal rule in India. In this paper, the authors discuss the different studies that came up around the question of destruction of religious places by the conqueror and the political reasons and motive behind it. This paper will, in its limited capacity, also see the role of constructed memory by political agents over a period of time that have now become so deep rooted that they form the basis of our fundamental understanding of Islam. Some of the important questions dealt with in this paper are: Were the attacks on Hindu temples during the medieval period orchestrated to assert religious superiority or to establish political dominance? Were these Muslim kings the first ones to destroy the places of worship or was it also an indigenous practice? What purpose did destruction of temples serve? Did the contemporary audiences react in the same manner to these destructions or is it a recent outlook and reaction? Keywords: myths; mass conversion; Islam; temple destructions; Muslims; Sultanate; Mughla rule; religious places; India; political reasons; constructed memory; political agents; understanding of Islam; Hindu temples; medieval period; contemporary audiences (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5987 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from eSocialSciences |
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