Shaiva Gaudiyas destroying Lalitaditya's Kashmiri capital. Although the sole reason for this attack was political and revenge for the killing of their own king, but its inner religious character was formed judging the attack on the enemy's supreme deity.
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Gauda was a powerful Shaiva kingdom under the rule of the Chandra dynasty, and the coins of the kings of the Chandra dynasty bore the Shaiva bull symbol. Their Shaiva Gaudiya forces invaded the capital of Kashmir and destroyed the Vishnu idol of their patron deity.
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Lalitaditya of Karkota is a popular character nowdays, but we should remember those 30 Gaudiya Warriors who were martyred destroying the famous capital of Lalitaditya. Stories of their valor are still sung in Kashmiri ballads.
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