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some of the rooms of the old Hindu palace, which would thus have a 
breadth of 56 feet. But the block kankar walls can be traced for a ~ 
distance of 180 feet back from the south-east buttress to a wicket or 
small door which would appear to have formed a side entrance to the 
courtyard of the palace. As far as it can be now traced, the palace 
covered an area of 240 feet in length by 180 feet in breadth. It is 
said to have been built by Ajoy Pdl, to whom also is attributed a tem- 
ple which once stood close by. <Ajoy Pal, and Mahi Pdl are said to 
have reigned a short time before Jay Chand ; but the names of the 
intervening Princes are not known. I think it highly probable that 
Ajoy Pél is the Tomar Prince Joy Pdl, who was conquered by 
Mahmud of Ghaznie, and afterwards defeated and killed, in A. D. 
1021, by a confederate army under the leadership of the Chandal Raja 
of Kajanjar. Just outside the south-east buttress of the palace, the 
people point out a spot where they affirm that 29 golden ingots were 
discovered in 1834, of which 9 were made over to Mr. Wemyss, the 
Collector of Cawnpoor, and the remainder were secreted by the finders, 
Accounts differ as to the weight of the ingots, but the general belief 
is that they weighed about.1 ser or 2 Ibs each. The coin dealers, 
however, affirm that the 9 ingots which were taken to the Cawnpoor | 
Treasury weighed Rs. 13,500, that is Rs 1,500, or 182 sers, each. 
261. The Jdéma, or Dina, Masjid of Kanoj is cited by Mr. © 
Fergusson as a specimen of Hindu cloisters, which has been re-arranged 
to suit the purposes of Muhammadan worship; and in this opinion I ~ 
most fully concur. The inscription over the entrance doorway is now 
much decayed, and several portions are quite obliterated, but a copy 
has been fortunately preserved by Rajab Ali, a teacher of children, in the 
court of the Masjid. According to this copy, the Masjid was built in the 
Hijira year 809, or A. D. 1406, in the reign of Ibrahim Shah (of Jon- 
pur). It is situated on a lofty mound in the very middle of the old 
fort, and this commanding position alone would be sufficient to show 
that it must originally have been the site of some Hindu building of | 
considerable importance. This conclusion is partly confirmed by the 
traditions of the people, who, however, most absurdly call the place 
Sitaka Rasii, or ‘ Sita’s kitchen.’”’ We know also that it was the usual - 
practice of the Muhammadan Kings of Jonpur to raise their Masjids on 
the sites, and with the materials, of the Hindu temples which they 
