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fixed with wires of gold. With Jaya Chandra ended the dynasty of 

 the Rdlitors of the Doab and the wealth and importance of the far- 

 famed Capital of Kanoj. Only one hundred and fifty years later it is 

 descriped by Ibn Batuta as a " small town," and from that time down 

 to the present this ancient city has gradually lessened in consequence ; 

 but as it was close to the high road of the Doab, it still continued to 

 be visited by numerous travellers who were atti*acted by its ancient fame. 

 The final blow to its prosperity has now been given by the diversion 

 of the Railroad to Etawa, which leaves Kanoj far away to the east, 

 to be visited for the future only by the curious antiquary and the Civil 

 Officials of the district. 



256. In comparing Hwen Thsang's description of ancient Kanoj 

 with the existing remains of the city, I am obliged to -confess with 

 regret that I have not been able to identify even one solitary site with 

 any certainty ; so completely has almost every trace of Hindu occupa- 

 tion been obliterated by the Musalmans. According to the traditions 

 of the people, the ancient city extended from the shrine of Hdji Har- 

 ondyan on the north near. the Raj Ghat, to the neighbourhood of 

 Miranha-Sara on the south, a distance of exactly three miles. Towards 

 the west it is said to have reached to Kapatya and Makarandnaga?*, 

 two villages on the high road, about three miles from Hdji Harmdyan. 

 On the east the boundary was the old bed of the Granges, or Chota 

 Gang a as the people call it, although it is recorded in our maps as the 

 Kali Nadi. Their account is that the Kali, or Kdlindri Nadi, former- 

 ly joined the Granges near Sangirdmpur or Sangrdmpur ; but that 

 several hundred years ago the great river took a more northerly course 

 from that point, while the waters of the Kali Nadi continued to flow 

 down the deserted channel. As an Open channel still exists between 

 Sangrdmpur and the Kali Nadi, I am satisfied that the popular account 

 is correct, and that the stream which flows under Kanoj, from San- 

 grdmpur to Mhendi Ghat, although now chiefly filled with the waters 

 of the Kali Nadi, was originally the main channel of the Granges. 

 The accounts of Fa Hian and Hwen Thsang, who place Kanoj on the 

 Ganges, are therefore confirmed, not only by the traditions of the 

 people, but also by the fact that the old channel still exists under the 

 name of the Chota Ganga, or Little Ganges. 



257. The modern town of Kanoj occupies only the north end of 



