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iv The town of Sambhali, mentioned in this inscription, still exists under the name of Shahabad, 4 miles to the west of Tejara.

At Tejara itself there is one of the largest Muhammadan tombs now standing in Northern India. The name of the owner of this fine mausoleum is not certainly known, but it is said to be the last resting-place of Ala-ud-din Alam Shah, the brother of Sikandar Lodi, who was for a long time the Governor of Tejara during Sikandar’s reign. He afterwards disagreed with his nephew Ibrahim Lodi, and joined Babar, on his invasion, in A.H. 932. He lived into Humayun's reign; but it is not known when or where he died.

In the Bharatpur territory I visited the holy grove, or forest, of Kadamba-vana, now called Kaman. The Hindu temples were demolished in the reign of Iltitmish, and a large mosque built on their site. The mosque is known as the Assi-Khambha, or “Eighty Pillars.” Built into the wall inside I found an early inscription of the old Surasena Rajas of Muthura. An inscription over the gateway of the Masjid assigns its erection to Iltitmish.

From Kaman I went to Bayana, one of the famous strong­ holds of Upper India. There I obtained a large number of Muhammadan inscriptions, of which the most interesting are a series recording the rule of the Auhadi family for several gener­ations. Here again I found old mosques built of Hindu materials, which have now, under a Hindu government, revert­ed to Hindu use. The two principal mosques date from the reigns of Ala-ud-din Muhammad Khalji and his son Kutb-uddin Mubarak. The latter is now used as a cattle-yard, and is only known to the people as a Nohara, or "cattle-pen.”

The great fort of Tahangarh in the Karauli territory has hitherto been unnoticed, although it was formerly one of the great forts of Upper India. It was besieged by Muhammad-bin-Sam in person, and would appear to have remained in the hands of the Muhammadans dowm to the time of Ibrahim Lodi and Islam Shah Sur, of both of whom inscriptions still remain in the fort. It is now quite deserted, and is filled with thick jungle infested by tigers. In the early Muham­madan histories the name is written Thungar; but the founda­