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III. Spirits of rivers, the sea, etc. Of these, spirits 
dwelling in trees formed an important class. All men, 
even kings, used to have trees for worship. Sacrifices 
of goats, lambs, pigs, and cocks used to be offered 
before the tree gods and human sacrifices were not 
unknown.—H. Beveridge: The date of the death of 
Shah Beg Arghun, the ruler of Sind.—H. Beveridge : 
Sirhind or Sahrind.—Maulavi M. Hidayet Hosain;: 
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Shahi.—Sahityacharya Pt. Bishweshwar Nath Shastri ; 
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Samvat 1143 (1086 a.D.) This is a stone inscription 
in Sanskrit dated 1086 a.D., and recovered from Jhal- 
rapatan in Rajputana. It records that a _ certain 
person named Janna built a temple of Siva and dug 
a tank, in the reign of the Udayaditya who is said 
to be a successor of Pramara Bhoja. 
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