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A great - but very cruel - warrior. Although he committed many cruelties like ordering the general massacre ('qatl-e-aam') of citizens in Delhi (1400 A.D.) , I think the most cruel action - not well known - was on prisoners taken from the Fort in Bhatnir (Bhatinda of today). His military successes have been glorified in Europe. In this drawing, both legs are shown to be of the same size. They were not!

@ asad ..both legs are shown equal ..bcoz if the painter made a painting with both unequal..he would have lost his life...

Anup: Probably yes. Those must have been dangerous times. These 'great warriors' never paused to think how future generations will think of them. Chengiz Khan (from a first-hand conversation with a noble, ~1220) was convinced that he will be remembered in history as a great ruler. They must have measured their greatness in terms of their powers of destruction (as some of them do it even today). Anyway, this noble asked Chengiz Khan to promise him immunity first and then replied "But who will remain alive to remember you?". After that, he immediately fled to India for his life and sought protection under Sultan Shamsuddin Altamash.

I think Asad is judging these warriors by the contemporary ethics and morals. And even the contemporary ones are not too different from days of yore. E.g the Gas Chambers of Hitler, the nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Napalm bombs in Vietnam, the present islamic terrorism. I do not condone cruelties but the question is that were those warriors any more cruel then their contemporaries???

@Ranjini DasGupta: Thank you Ranjini ji for the LIKE.