56 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII 
to whom he allotted a certain quarter of the town, * * * 
and that no reserve might appear in his treatment of them, a 
says this took place about 17 e rendered Jammu 
tributary, and the place was then of considerable importance, 
plains to the circuitous but safe route of the hills: and the 
character of the Rajpit chief Ranjit Dev, was such as gave 
confidence to traders, and induced them to flock to his: 
capital for protection.” (Op. Cit. Ed. Garrett. 114), 
t remains to add that after Ranjit Dev’s death, Jammi 
ceased to be “a place of safety ’ or ‘ security.’ Dr. Vogel writes : 
