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18 in war, a bye-word for robbery and disturbance throughout the seventeenth century.

Jhujhar could not long remain quiet. He led an army to Chauragarh, an old Gond capital, beyond the Narmada, captured it, and, in violation of his plight- ed word, slew the Rajah Prem Narayan and seized his ancestral hoard, amount- ing to 10 lakhs of rupees. The victim's son appealed to Shah Jahan, but strangely enough, the Mughal Emperor's righteous indignation was not roused by this act of spoliation, he only demanded a share of the booty and offered to