 Starting after the 10th century and particularly after the 12th century Islamic invasion, states Sheldon Pollock, the political response fused with the Indic religious culture and doctrines.Temples dedicated to deity Rama were built from north to south India, and textual records as well as hagiographic inscriptions began comparing the Hindu epic of Ramayana to regional kings and their response to Islamic attacks.The Yadava king of Devagiri named "Ramacandra", for example states Pollock, is described in a 13th-century record as, "How is this Rama to be described.. who freed Varanasi from the "mleccha" (barbarian, Turk Muslim) horde, and built there a golden temple of Sarngadhara".