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[No. 1, 
Kavi Raj Shyamal Das —On the Prithi Pdj Bdsd. 
V '/ '3 
^fX—II 
Translation. 
(1.) 0 n Wednesday the first of the bright half of Shrawan in 
S. 1158. 
(2.) (When it was the) Vajra Jog Rohiiii Nakshatra Karn Balaw, 
and Taitil in addition : six ghatis remained of the last watch,—and one 
ghati and 5 pals had passed of the first day (pratipada). 
(3.) The news of the battle spread very easily and the day was 
very unfortunate for Delhi. The battle took place in such a manner 
that it appeared as if the goddess of wealth (^. e., Lakshmi) fought with 
Saraswati (the goddess of talents). [The rivalry between them is well 
known in the Purans—if one of them favours a person, the other will 
not care for him— i. e., a learned man is seldom seen to possess riches, and 
a rich man is seldom a man of letters.] The Sun also stayed to witness 
the action. 
I have done with quotations—all of which have been ascertained by 
comparing the several MSS. of the poem in our library which are the 
same as that of Bedla. 
Only one Samvat would have sufficed, but I thought it advisable to 
adduce several passages of Samvats, so that no one might argue that it 
might be a mistake of the scribe, and I hope the readers will thus be 
satisfied that no such error was committed. 
III. 
Now, to discuss the Samvats found in the foregoing quotations. 
(a.) We must note the year when Prithi Raj fought with Shahab- 
uddin Ghori, and the time when he ruled over Delhi. 
The ‘poem ’ gives us S. 1158 as the year of the battle. 
But there is only one correct answer, viz.y that Prithi Raj fought 
with Shahabuddin in the Panjab in S. 1249 = A. D. 1193, and ruled 
over Delhi before that time. 
The reasons given below will testify to the truth of the statement. 
The author of the ‘ Tabaqat Na 9 iri ’ (written in A. H. 602 = A. D- 
1205 = S. 1262) writing about Shahabuddin says :— 
“ Shahabuddin Ghori took Multan in A. H. 571 (= A. D. 1175 = S. 
1232) ; and came towards Naharwara in A. H. 574 (= A. D. 1178 = S. 
1235) via Urcha and Multan; he encountered the forces of the Raja 
