Excerpt from Indian History: Asiatic and European Hindu religion. He broke down temples, destroyed idols, and carried away treasures of gold and jewels to his city of Ghazni. He also carried away so many thousands of Hindus into captivity that a slave could be bought for two rupees in the bazaars of Central Asia. But he could not force the Hindus to become Mohammedans. He annexed the Punjab to his dominions, and compelled the Rajput princes of Hin dustan to pay tribute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.