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bank of the Ganges and the western bank of the Bhagirathi, 
crossing the Bhagirathi at Nudiah. 
Minhaj has given no description of the route followed by 
the invaders, and it is evident that his store of information 
was very scanty. Out of the three routes mentioned above 
the third and the last one is the most practicable one, and it is 
suited for cavalry manceuvres. The first one involves the 
crossing of the Ganges twice, which seven hundred years ago 
generally followed by the invaders of Bengal and most probab- 
y the first Muhammadan invader of Bengal also followed it. 
The story of the great haste of the leader and his conquest of 
Nudiah with the aid of seventeen horsemen needs no explana- 
ion. The whole narrative is the result of hasty arrangement 
of ill-digested materials. First of all we have no authority to 
of the Sena Kingdom in Laksmanasena’s time was Vijayapura 
the flight of Laksmanasena is one of the grossest misrepresen- 
tations ever found in modern historiography. The reigning 
king KeSavasena was most probably put to flight. Bengal was 
tract between Bihar and Gaur (Gauda or Lakhnauti) in his life- 
time. The southernmost limit was Lakhanor or Lakhnor, 
was not conquered till the time of Mughisuddin Boe el 
of that territory (Rae Lakhmaniah’s), he left the city of 
Nudiah in desolation, and the place which is (now) Lakha- 
! Proc, A.S.B. 1898, p. 192. 2 Proc. & J.A.S.B., Vol. I, p- 45. 
