Was the Dargah Shrine at Ajmer built over a Hindu temple?
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Romila Thapar in "Early India" (pp 48) does say that a Hindu Temple was converted to a Muslim Mosque at Ajmer. But her context is that Religious exchange and interchange cannot be simply explained either by tolerance or bigotry. She also refers to Buddhist "chaityas" being converted to Hindu temples. Note however, there is no direct reference to the Chisti Shrine, although it is quite likely the one.
What does derive, though is that there must be references elsewhere to at least some shrine being a converted Hindu temple.
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