200 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1909. 
have yet been found. Traditions, some more than a century 
old, point, however, to the northern- 
m 
Hindu portion. Beginning at Pichli 
on the south bank of the Kalindi river, a large field covered 
with brick fragments was pointed out to Buchanan as the place 
where king Adisir had dwelt. No fortifications were found, but 
‘‘ the situation is judicious as being high land of a stiff clay.’’! 
From this proceeding south over some high lands, is reached a 
square of about 400 yards surrounded by a ditch, called Ballal- 
bari or the palace of Ballal Sena, who according to the Ain had 
built a fort in Gaur. No buildings are now found inside, but 
the enclosure is surrounded by a gigantic wall, 50 ft. broad 
carrying enormous loads of silt like the Ganges. Moreover, Ek- 
dala, near Pandua, where Shamsu-d-din Ilyas was besieged by 
the Delhi Sultan Firoz in 755 H. (1354 A.D.), was seven kos 
II. THe Earty MusaumMan CaPirat. 
Muhammad-i Bakht-yar left the city of Nidiah in desola- 
Early Musalman. tion and made Lakhanawati his seat of 
government. This was done some years 
before 601 H., and after 596 H., the year in which he looted 
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