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Earlier temple at Deval Masjid, Bodhan

The sanctum was replaced while much of the pillared temple hall survived a conversion whose patron is disputed.

Bodhan · Telangana

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

1. Partial destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

   Around 1323 AD · proposed conversion context

   Eaton describes removal of the sanctum walls and superstructure and construction of a prayer hall, while the mandapa was largely preserved. He proposes that Bodhan’s local chief may have supervised the conversion after surrendering to Ulugh Khan.

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   Eaton describes removal of the sanctum walls and superstructure and construction of a prayer hall, while the mandapa was largely preserved. He proposes that Bodhan’s local chief may have supervised the conversion after surrendering to Ulugh Khan.

   Yazdani linked loose inscriptions to Muhammad bin Tughluq; Eaton explains that neither records a mosque dedication. The patron and precise conversion date remain disputed.

   • Richard M. Eaton, Muhammad bin Tughluq and Temples of the Deccan, 1321–26 ↗Metropolitan Museum of Art · Eaton 2011, pp. 180–183 and p. 187 note 9; Yazdani 1916, pp. 3–4 · Accessed 2026-09-28
   • G. Yazdani, Annual Report of the Nizam’s Archaeological Department, 1914–15 ↗Nizam’s Archaeological Department · Eaton 2011, pp. 180–183 and p. 187 note 9; Yazdani 1916, pp. 3–4 · Accessed 2026-09-28

   dateAttributed · further checking needed

   Around 1323 · proposed conversion context

   • Richard M. Eaton, Muhammad bin Tughluq and Temples of the Deccan, 1321–26 ↗Metropolitan Museum of Art · Eaton 2011, pp. 180–183 and p. 187 note 9; Yazdani 1916, pp. 3–4 · Accessed 2026-09-28
   • G. Yazdani, Annual Report of the Nizam’s Archaeological Department, 1914–15 ↗Nizam’s Archaeological Department · Eaton 2011, pp. 180–183 and p. 187 note 9; Yazdani 1916, pp. 3–4 · Accessed 2026-09-28

   actorDisputed

   Disputed: Muhammad bin Tughluq in the older interpretation; possibly Bodhan’s unnamed local chief in Eaton’s later reading.

   Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.

   • Richard M. Eaton, Muhammad bin Tughluq and Temples of the Deccan, 1321–26 ↗Metropolitan Museum of Art · Eaton pp. 180–183, 187 note 9; Yazdani pp. 3–4 · Accessed 2026-09-28
   • G. Yazdani, Annual Report of the Nizam’s Archaeological Department, 1914–15 ↗Nizam’s Archaeological Department · Eaton pp. 180–183, 187 note 9; Yazdani pp. 3–4 · Accessed 2026-09-28

Location & last documented condition

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• G. Yazdani, Annual Report of the Nizam’s Archaeological Department, 1914–15 ↗ · Nizam’s Archaeological Department

  Published 1916; printed pp. 3–4 read. Early interpretation of temple identity, conversion and loose inscriptions. Later scholarship contests the ruler attribution.

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• Richard M. Eaton, Muhammad bin Tughluq and Temples of the Deccan, 1321–26 ↗ · Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Sultans of the South (2011), printed pp. 180–187 visually read in the publisher PDF, including note 9 on the loose Bodhan inscriptions. Firecrawl rejected the 80 MB PDF; publisher download and rendered pages were used.

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• Earlier temple at Deval Masjid, Bodhan — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗ · Wikipedia contributors

  Article consulted for identity, location and stated condition; retrieval method: Firecrawl rendering of public Wikipedia. Captured bibliography entries are not all read.

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