“…At the time of his return he restored the fort of Dholpur also to Binayik Deo, and having spent the rainy season in Agra after the rising of the Canopus in the year AH 910 (AD 1504), marched to reduce the fortress of Mandrayal, which lie took without fighting from the Rajah of Mandrayal, who sued for peace; he also destroyed all the idol-temples and churches of the place…”

—  `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni , book Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh

Sultan Sikandar Lodi (AD 1489-1517) Mandrail (Madhya Pradesh)
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