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connecting Pithaura, Firozabad, the Kushk-i-Shikar and the 
river by means of three tunnels broad enough to allow the 
ladies of his harem to pass along in mounted procession. 
After my visit to Delhi in January 1913, I am by no means 
sure that the ridge (saltus), which Monserrate speaks of, does 
pillar on the northern ridge, and the ground near the Kotila is 
high and broken enough to justify the term salius. If Monser- 
rate can be understood as referring to the Kotila, the under- 
ground passage alluded to as going to Old Delhi, must have 
started from there, and so the tradition voiced by Monserrate, 
Abi-l-Fazl and Finch would with perfect uniformity have fixed 
upon the Kotila as the point whence the tunnels started and 
radiated. This may be an important clue to the archeologist. 
One of the exits must have been near the river, another near 
the Kushk-i-Shikar, a third near Rai Pithaura. A small distance 
from the Kotila, there is a partly covered passage ; but besides 
appearing too narrow to justify the traditional explanations of 
Menserrate and Abia-l Fazl, it leads to a well or baoli. Still, I 
think that the ground should first be explored thoroughly in 
that direction. In case of ill-suecess, some excavations might 
be tried in a southerly direction from the baoli near Hindu 
Rao’s house. If this also fails, let Ahmad Khan’s lines not be 
forgotten: ‘‘It is evident that by Old Dehli we must under- 
stand the castle and town of Raja Pithaura, for the third pas- 
sage is in that place, and very old people say that he [Firoz 
Shah] went as far as a marvellous place and a special basin 
[tank].’’ The special basin, according to Ahmad Khan, is the 
Hauz’ Alai or Hauz-i-Khas.’ . 
The Life and Works of Muhibb Allah of Bihar.— By 
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Mautavi M. Hipayat HossaIn. 
his paper will be published in a subsequent number of 
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the Journal. 
1 J.A.S.B., 1911, p. 100. 2 J.A.S.B., 1911, p. 103, n. 7. 
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