Slight diversion, if allowed. Sir William Wilson Hunter, in 1886, wrote in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, that:
In year 1306, Malik KafUr, the slave general of Ala-ud-dIn khilji, traveled to Rameshwaram and erected a mosque there, while he could not destroy the great temple.
In year 1306, Malik KafUr, the slave general of Ala-ud-dIn khilji, traveled to Rameshwaram and erected a mosque there, while he could not destroy the great temple.