396 An Account of the Temple of Triveni near Hugh. [May, 



looked upon as a Boozoorg, or a man of divine inspiration, and is said 

 to have worshipped Gunga. She smiled on the apostate devotee, and 

 on one occasion so wrapt was he in devotion, that she rose from her 

 liquid hed like 



" Another Venus breathing fn-sh ami fair 



A goddess sparkling in her wavy dress," 



and overoowered him by fascination of her charms. Such was the effect 

 of her influence over his spirit that he forgot the Koran for the Shas- 

 ters, and in the ecstacy of the beatific vision the full tide of his aspi- 

 rations rolled in Sanscrit shlokes instead of Persian verse. This is a 

 remarkable but melancholy instance of the weakness of faith against 

 the potency of love. The champion of a fanatical creed, with sword 

 in hand, is caught like the God of war in the net work of beauty. The 

 Sanscrit shlokes he composed are remembered and repeated to this 

 day. They are called the shlokes of Dump Khan, and there is scarce- 

 ly a clever pundit in India who does not know them. The follow- 

 ing is selected as a specimen. 



" Oh ! Suradhuni Gunga, the daughter of Janhoo Muni, what will be thy 

 greatness if thou wilt bestow salvation on the virtuous, who are saved by 

 their own merits ! — If thou bestowest salvation on me, who am a helpless 

 wretch, I would then proclaim thy glory to the highest extremity." 



This religious metamorphoses in Zafir Khan must have had an effect 

 on his son Ugwhan Khan, for he married the Raja of Hugh's daughter. 

 She was buried within the precincts of the temple, where her tomb is 

 still standing. It has crumbled to the ground, and there is no in- 

 scription to point it out. But a curious custom marks the spot. Hin- 

 doo votive offerings are presented there on Mahomedan festivals. 



The date of the Arabic inscription on Zafir Khan's tomb, the 

 Khurseenamah of the Khadems, and the statement of the Aymadars of 

 Shah Soofee's tomb at Pundooa, correspond nearly with the following 



