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152 his submission. When he had crossed the province of Makrán and the hills, he entered another district. There was an old fort here called Kanarpúr. He ordered it to be rebuilt; and according to the Hindú custom a naubat of five musical instruments, was ordered to be played every evening and morning in the fort. He collected all the people of the surrounding villages, and completed the building. He marched from this place towards Kirmán; and halted on the banks of a river which runs between that country and Makrán. There he fixed the eastern boundary, that is, the boundary between Makrán and Kirmán, and planted numerous date trees there upon the banks of the stream, and he set up a mark, saying, “this was the boundary of Hind in the time of Chach bin Síláíj bin Basábas.” Now that boundary has come into our possession. From that place he returned to Armábél and having passed through the country of Túrán, he came out in the desert. No body arose to fight with him. He arrived in the country of Kandhábél, that is, Kandahr; and having traversed that desert also, he advanced to the fort. The people took refuge in it. “When he arrived at the banks of the Síní, he pitched his tents there. The people of the place being much pressed agreed to pay him an annual tribute of one hundred thousand dirams, and one hundred hill horses. A treaty was made, and Chach returned to his capital Alor, and remained there till he died and went to hell. He reigned forty years.

After the death of Chach, his brother Chandar, son of Síláíj, sat upon the the throne of Alor. He patronized the religion of the