Multiple social media posts have shared an image that they claim shows the ruins of an Islamic building in Afghanistan containing Persian-language "inscriptions that commemorate the mass auction of Hindu women". But these posts are false, according to multiple scholars. The image shows a minaret on the outskirts of the Afghan city of Ghazni with Arabic-language inscriptions that do not make any reference to the auction of Hindu women, a historian told AFP.

The image was shared here on Facebook on August 18, 2021.

It appears to show a minaret -- an Islamic building that typically stands adjacent to a mosque.

"Hindu women were auctioned at a terrace in a big square on the outskirts of the city of Ghazni in Afghanistan by invading Muslims who also built a minaret to commemorate this mass auction", the Hindi-language post states.

The post goes on to claim: "It is inscribed on the pillar – 'Dukhtar-e Hindustan': Sold for Two Dinars. It is here that Indian women were sold for two dinars each. Afghanistan where daughters of Hind were sold for two dinars, today the sisters and daughters of the same Pathans are being looted for free and that too by the so-called students of Islam (Taliban). This is god's justice. Long live Rama."

Text overlaid at the bottom of the image also states: 'Dukhtar-e Hindustan': Sold for Two Dinars – India's Shame."

The image recirculated online after Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021.

The image was shared alongside a similar claim ...

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