Conquests
Khilji's career took flight with a campaign which subjugated Bihar in 1203. This effort earned him political clout in the court at Delhi. In the same year he took his forces into Bengal. As he came upon the city of Nabadwip, it is said that he advanced so rapidly that only 18 horsemen from his army could keep up. Khilji went on to capture the capital Gaur and intruded into much of Bengal. It is alleged by some writers that he was also responsible for the destruction of Nalanda, which was an ancient Buddhist University in Bihar, India, nearby to the stronghold of Bihar. The main Persian source for this explains Khilji attacked the fortress unaware that it was a University. Even if known, the alleged sacking of a Buddhist institution such as Nalanda would be characteristic of the regime's reported iconoclasm.
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