The kind of destruction that never gets talked about in popular historical discourse in India is the temple destruction wrought by many rulers in the subcontinent much before Islam entered as a political force. Kalhana's Rajatarangini is full of it

Gives more credence to how temples were more than just places of worship. They were the fulcrum of political power and often clashed with other foci of power. Above is King Harsha of Kashmir and here's a 9th century king both of which significantly destroyed temples

Much gets lost in the colonial binaries of Hindu-Muslim which popular Indian history still panders to today. There's quite a complex history even before dar ul Islam situates itself in north India. And temple destruction figures prominently in it

And continues after the 12th century too. The most famous example being that of Krishnadeva Raya of Vijayanagara kingdom uprooting an idol of Krishna from the temple of the Gajapati kingdom of Orissa. And then it's subsequent placement in a Vijayanagara temple.

The above screenshots are from Romila Thapar's essay on Kalhana's Rajatarangini in Peter Hardy's book Historians of Medieval India