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 70 THE HOLY WARS OF ISLAM He then went to Munj, known as the fort of Brahmans, the inhabit- ants of which were inde- pendent as headstrong camels. They prepared to offer opposition like evil demons and obsti- nate Satans, and when A BURNING - GHAT ON THB BANK OF THE GANGES AT BENARES. they found they could not with- stand the Mussul- mans and that their blood would be shed, they took to flight, throw- ing themselves down from the apertures and the broad and* lofty battlements, but most of them were killed in this at- tempt.