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[No. 1, 
Kavi Raj Sliyamal Das —On the PritJii Bdj Rasa. 
Sultan appointed Qutb-ud-din Aibak in charge of the Fort of Kahram, 
who took Mirath and Delhi, and also the Fort of Kol in A. H. 589 
(= A. D. 1193 = S. 1250). 
“ The Sultan proceeded to Kanauj and Benares from Ghazni in 
A. H. 590 (= A. D. 1194 = S. 1250-1251), and repulsed Raja Jaichand 
near Chandawal \ more than three hundred elephants formed part of the 
booty. 
“ Qutb-uddin conquered Naharwara, Kalewa, Badaon and many 
other districts. 
“ God willing, an account of these battles will be written in the 
Fath Qutbi (a book that seems from the title to give a history of 
Sultan Qutb-uddin Aibak).” 
Now, the year 587 A. H. corresponds to A. D. 1191 = S. 1248. 
„ 588 „ „ A. D. 1192 = S. 1249. 
This shows the battle between Shahabuddin and Prithi Raj Ohauhan, 
and the latter’s death, to have occurred in S. 1248-49; that is about 90 
years after the date mentioned in the ‘ Prithi Raj Rasa.’ (S. 1158,) 
Although the author of the ‘Tabaqat Na 9 iri ’ was a foreigner, 
he could not have committed mistakes in the dates, if he did in 
names. 
The 2nd Vol. of the ‘ Abul Fida’ [written in A. H. 700 = A, D. 
1300 = S. 1356-57, originally in Arabic, and afterwards translated into 
Persian and Urdu] narrating Shahabuddin’s advent into Hindustan, 
states briefly the events that happened in the years A. H. (586, 587, 
589) and does not mention anything about Prithi Raj’s battle ; but the 
existence of Shahabuddin Ghori is proved to a certainty from the narra¬ 
tive, and all the later histories available uniformly mention S. 1249 
(= A. D. 1192-93) for the battle between them. 
The time of Raja Jaichand and Shahabuddin having been ascer¬ 
tained and settled, there remains no doubt as to that of Prithi Raj, 
seeing he was their contemporary. 
Having done with the testimony borne by books, I now proceed to 
refer to stone Inscriptions found in Mewar, and some copper-plate 
grants (given in the Journals of the Society) that all go the same way'. 
Inscription* I. 
This Inscription exists in the village of Bijholi in Mewar, about 
100 miles from the capital, on a rock under a Mahwa (Bassia latifolia) 
* The Sanskrit texts and translations of the Inscriptions referred to in this 
paper will bo found in the Appendix. 
