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Brahman of that place that Todar Mall’s father was a ‘ Panjabi 
Khatri,’ and came and married the daughter of a Chapari K’hat- 
ri in Liharpir, where the son was born. The latter seems to 
have lived there during his boyhood. 
“‘ Laharpur contained 11000 inhabitants in 1869—and probably 
15000 in the Nawabi. Ittakesitsname from Lihari Mall, a Passi, 
who 500 years ago invaded the surrounding country. Up to then 
it had been known as ‘Tughluqpitr,’ having been founded by the 
Emperor Firdz Tughlug (1857—1388, A. D.), who passed through 
there on his way to the Bahraich shrine of Sayyid Salar. I hope 
that we may be able to settle the birthplace of such a notable 
personage as R. Todar Mall was.” 
Mr. W. T. Blanford exhibited a collection of chipped quartzite 
implements found about 40 miles west of Bhadraéchalam on the 
Godavari. The 35 specimens exhibited were all found within a 
space of about 50 yards square, and at least as many more were 
rejected on account of being badly made. The place where they 
were found was in dense jungle, the rock soft sandstone, and the 
implements, as was usually the case in Southern India, had evi- 
dently been chipped from pebbles. Several were formed of white 
vein quartz, an unusual circumstance. The forms of these im- 
plements were those of the kind most frequently found in French 
and English gravels, and they varied from about 8 to 6 inches in 
length. That the spot where they were found was a place of 
manufacture was probable, not only from the occurrence of ill form- 
ed implements, but also from flakes, evidently chipped from the 
quartzite being abundant. 
The following communications were read :— 
1. Lerrer rrom R. L. Forses, Esa., Asststanr Commissioner, 
PALAMAU, REGARDING THE MuGHuL INVASIONS OF PALAMAU. 
CommunicateD by Cot. E. T. Darton, C. 8. I. 
(Abstract.) 
Mr. Blochmann read the letter, which will be published in the 
forthcoming number of Part I of the Journal. The particulars of 
the conquest of Palémau by the Mughuls, and especially of the final 
