226 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1909. 
rently revived by Mahmiid ; while the invasion of Sultan Ibra- 
him referred to must have taken plaice some time before his 
death in 844 H.,! and was probably prompted by the confusion 
created on account of a change in the royalt 
o works in Pandua can be authentically ascribed to the 
dynasty of GaneSa. According to the Riyaz, Jalalu-d-din, his 
wife and his son Ahmad lie buried in this town under a tower, 
which common traditions identify with the splendid Eklakhi 
tomb. Ifso, the Eklakhi would have been completed in Ahmad’s 
time. 
Ill. SussEQuENT PERIOD. 
Coins of Mahmiid Shah (I) with the mint Firozabad are 
found down to 857 and 858 H. (1453 and 1454 A.D.),? and 
therefore, the capital continued to be in this town through the 
greater part of his reign. After him Firozabad disappears as a 
mint, indicating that the capital had been transferred to Gaur, 
as mentioned in the histories. The causes leading to this 
change in the seat of government have been briefly discussed, 
supra p. 205, and appear to have been mainly physical and 
sith tres No edifices of this king in Pandua have been yet 
ound 
nd. 
The transfer of the head-quarters took away, no doubt, 
t Sx 
F Paint century.— 
Pe renal ican a Pandua did not lose its religious sanctity. 
: In this connection it is worth while point- 
ing out that the fourteenth century A.D. saw a remarkable 
traditions giving the place 150 gaddis or seat of fakirs.2 From 
this fact was evidently derived its title jazrat-i-jalal; and the 
earer, Buchanan remarked that in every part of Dinajpur 
district (which in his time included Pandua) were found tombs or 
monuments of the pirs.6 Old Devikot was graced by Maulana 
ie 1 mies coins of 844 H., I.M.C., ii, p. 211, No. 53 He hn 
Pia mp. Shah’ i = ore, 
neg se 72 and 73. s coins of 844 H., ILM.C., 1, pp es 
irozabad coin of 857 H., P.A.S.B: _ 144; ef. 858 H., 
J.A.S.B., 1893, pp. 233-4, : ee ee . 
8 Wise, J.A.S.B., 1874, Pp. 85. ‘ 
* French translation, iv, p. 212, Lee’s transl., p. 195. © 
5 Eastern ndia, ii, p. 621. 
