[Parnāla or Panhāla in the Kolhapur District, taken in 1701 (Manucci iii. 257; _BG_, xxiv. 314.)] Footnote 9.5.16: The numerous ruined shrines and mutilated statues in every town and village, still attest the zeal with which the bigot’s orders were obeyed; nor is there an image of any antiquity with an entire set of features (except in spots impervious to his myrmidons), from Lahore to Cape Comorin. Omkarji, whose temple is on a small island of the Nerbudda, alone, it is said, supported his dignity in the indiscriminate attack on the deities of Hind. “If they are gods (said the tyrannical but witty iconoclast), let them evince their power, and by some miracle resist my commands.” Omkarji received the first blow on his head, as if imbued with mortal feeling, for the blood gushed from his nose and mouth, which prevented a repetition of the injury! This sensibility, though without the power of avenging himself, made Omkar’s shrine doubly respected, and it continues to be one of the best frequented and most venerated in these regions. [Numerous accounts of the destruction of Hindu temples by Aurangzeb have been collected by Jadunath Sarkar (_History of Aurangzib_, iii. 319 ff.). The Omkār temple at Māndhāta in the Nimār District, Central Provinces, is served by a priest of the Bhīlāla caste, half Bhīl, half Rājput, illustrating the mode by which aboriginal deities have been imported into Hinduism (_IGI_, xvii. 152; Russell, _Tribes and Castes Central Provinces_, ii. 294).] Footnote 9.5.17: [This is probably the “Kaotah” of the text.] Footnote 9.5.18: [Now in the Patiāla State, Panjāb.] Footnote 9.5.19: [Sayyid Abdulla of Bārha became wazīr of Farrukhsīyar in A.D. 1713, and died in prison in 1723.] Footnote 9.5.20: [About 70 miles S.W. of Ajmer.] Footnote 9.5.21: The fifth, as will be seen hereafter, has been expelled, and authority usurped by the Kasli branch of the family, and unless some fortunate change should occur, the devotion of Kesari was useless, and the prophecy must fall to the ground. Footnote 9.5.22: [About 25 miles N.W. of Jodhpur city.] ----- CHAPTER 6