United States or Mayotte ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
This account may or may not be accurate in all details, but it at least tallies fairly with the epigraphical and other records of the time. According to him, Muhammad Taghlaq of Delhi, having reduced Gujarat, marched southwards through the Dakhan Balaghat, or high lands above the western ghats, and a little previous to the year 1336 seized the town and fortress of Anegundi.
After this the king of Delhi advanced against Vijayanagar by way of the Balaghat. This date is a century too early, as already pointed out. "This king of Delhi they say was a Moor, who was called Togao Mamede. He is held among the Hindus as a saint.
There was a well-known elephant some years ago in the Balaghat district of the Central Provinces which became historical through the extraordinary malignity of its disposition. Having escaped from the fetters, it killed the mahout, and at once made off towards the forests.
This implies that he took, when merely hunting, immense numbers of men with him. Shahab-ud-Din, indeed, declared that Muhammad Taghlaq had an army of 900,000 horse; and Nuniz, on the opening page of his chronicle, says that this Sultan invaded the Balaghat with 800,000 horse. This estimate was, of course, only according to the tradition extant in 1535.
We had been driving jungle for sambur deer in the Balaghat district, and instead of posting myself upon a mucharn, or occupying any fixed position, I remained upon my elephant Hurri Ram.
Word Of The Day