History and Historiography / The Buddhist Tomb Tells the Story of Bakhtiyar Khalji's Devastation of Bihar and Bengal Copious Buddhist primary sources narrate the story of Bakhtiyar Khalji's annihilation of Bihar and Bengal. They make for agonising reading. By Sandeep Balakrishna / 9 May 2022
History and Historiography / A Portrait of Desolation: Bihar and Bengal in the Aftermath of the Barbarian Bakhtiyar Khalji’s Jihad The first part of a series narrating the savage destruction of southern Bihar and Bengal by Bakhtiyar Khalji, responsible for wrecking the Nalanda University and annihilating Buddha Dharma from Bharatavarsha. By Sandeep Balakrishna / 6 May 2022