ish ▁K arn ad ▁in ▁the ▁publication ▁V ij aya ▁K arn ata ka ▁regarding ▁the ▁religious ▁toler ance ▁of ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁Mys ore ▁r uler ▁T ipp u ▁Sultan . ▁In ▁B hy ra ppa ' s ▁novel ▁A av ar ana , ▁he ▁acc uses ▁T ipp u ▁Sultan ▁of ▁being ▁a ▁religious ▁fan atic ▁who ▁could ▁not ▁stand ▁H ind us ▁in ▁his ▁court . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁had ▁subst anti ated ▁the ▁argument ▁based ▁on ▁several ▁historic ▁sources ▁written ▁in ▁India ▁during ▁T ipp u ▁Sultan ' s ▁rule . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁issues ▁B hy ra ppa ▁raised ▁was ▁the ▁usage ▁of ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁word ▁bin ▁( which ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁a ▁person ▁as ▁a ▁" son ▁of ") ▁in ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁K arn ata ka ▁records ▁even ▁during ▁modern ▁times . ▁This ▁practice ▁started ▁during ▁T ipp u ▁Sultan ' s ▁rule , ▁which ▁according ▁to ▁B hy ra ppa ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁several ▁methods ▁used ▁to ▁en force ▁Islam ic ▁rule ▁on ▁H ind us . ▁The ▁book ▁discuss es ▁other ▁methods ▁used ▁by ▁T ipp u ▁Sultan ▁to ▁convert ▁H ind us ▁to ▁Islam . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁back s ▁his ▁claims ▁with ▁historical ▁references . ▁This ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁Gir ish ▁K arn ad , ▁who ▁port ray s ▁T ipp u ▁Sultan ▁as ▁a ▁sec ular ▁r uler ▁in ▁his ▁plays . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁accused ▁K arn ad ▁of ▁giving