216 H. Beveridge— The Khurshld Julian Numa of [No. 3, 
made Tanda the seat of government. It quickly became full of build¬ 
ings, but in 983 (1575) Man'am Khan Khanan went back to Gaur on 
account of tlie mosques, &c., there. About 1242 (1826) the place was 
destroyed by floods, and disappeared into the river. Now-a-days it lies 
as a heap of dust about a mile from Lakhipur. Tanda used to be 
famous for Khajakhas (ladles ?).” 
The City of Gaur. 
The introduction to the account of the antiquities of Gaur is mainly 
taken from the Riyazu-s-salatln, page 28, but there are some differences. 
I shall, therefore, allow the author to use his own words. 
The city of Gaur is one of the oldest of cities, and was once the 
seat of government. Now it is in decay. It lies south of English 
Bazar at a distance of twelve miles, on the east bank of the Bhaglratln. 
They say when Firoz Rai, the king of India was routed by Rustam, he 
fled to the hills of Jhar Khand and died there. Rustam, who was 
wearied out by his pursuit of Firoz, bestowed the sovereignty of India 
on a Hindu named Suraj. Suraj became a great monarch and ruled 
over the Deccan and Bengal, and he is the same as the Suraj who 
planted Kanauj. After him, his son Bharaj became king, but in his 
lime disturbances arose. At last a Brahman by name Gandar, 1 marched 
from the Sivaliks and became victorious. Then in the end of his reign 
one Singaldip marched from Koch Bihar and conquered the whole of 
Bengal and Bihar and founded the city of Gaur, about 1017 years before 
the Hijra era. 2 And as this was the name of the capital, so it became 
the name of the whole of Bengal. Then, after a lapse of years, in 
450 A.H. (1058) Rajah Lakkhnn Sen or Lakman Sen obtained the 
sovereignty of Bengal, and embellished Gaur, so that it became known 
by his name and was called Lakhuautl. But still this name had less 
currency. Then in 945 (L 538) Humayun, the son of Babar, came to 
Bengal and rejecting the name of Gaur on account of its semblance 
to the word for a grave, called the city Jannatabad. But this name too, 
did not last long. Then in 983 (1575), when 2000 years had elapsed 
since the founding of the city (1017 + 983), in the time of Man‘am 
Khan Khanan, the Nazim of Bengal, in the reign of Akbar, such a 
terrible pestilence befel the city that thousands died daily. At last 
the living were wearied of burying the dead and flung them into the river, 
and such a stench arose that no one could remain in the city. In short, 
in the space of a year, the city became deserted, and full of jungle. 
Then in 1049 (1639) the river Ganges which from of old had flowed 
1 The Riyaz calls him Kaidar. 
2 About 395 B.C. 
