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 November, 1873.] PORTS SOUTH OF RATNAGIRf. 317 followed, to have taken place in Samvat 1522, the Jhadeja chronicles assigning Samvat 901 as the date of Lakha’s death. Now if a corre¬ sponding deduction be made from this date to that proposed to be added to the date given by Ranchodji Devan, a date might be found for Lakha that would perhaps fulfil all the condi¬ tions required. At present if Sam. 901 be doubtless too early, so also is Sam. 1522 too late for Lakha’s death. Still there can, I think, be no doubt that the dates assigned by Professor Wilson are very much more correct than any that have hitherto been allowed, except perhaps that assigned by Col. Tod; and if it be admitted that one chronicle is incorrect in dates to a cer¬ tain extent, there seems no valid reason to doubt why the dates of the Jhadeja chronicles should be accepted without question. It is only, how¬ ever, by tracing the contemporary Waghela Ranits, as well as the Chudasama Ras, that a final decision can be arrived at on this point. These rough speculations may perhaps be useful to other and more advanced historical students. In conclusion I may state that the date of Waghela Muluji must be about Samvat 1400 to 1420. This date is founded on an inscription on a well near Morwada. of Rana Visal De of Sam. 1516, mentioned above. Now Yisal D6 was the son of Wanoji; Wanoji was the son of Surkhaji; Surkhaji was the son of Lunoji; Lunoji was the son of Unuji; and Unuji was the son of Mulujiin all five generations. The date therefore assigned to Muluji cannot possibly be far wrong if the inscription be admitted to be correct. MUSALMAN REMAINS IN THE SOUTH KONKAN. BY A. K. NAIRNE, Esq., Bo. C.S. II.—Ports south of Ratndgin. There is no other port in the Southern Kon¬ kan so prominent in history as D 4 b h o 1, about which I have already written, and which one of the earliest European travellers spoke of as the most southerly port belonging to the Musal¬ mans. But though the other ports are not so distinguished, I shall be able to show much more clearly than in the case of Dabhol the routes which travellers took from them to the Musal¬ man capitals of B i j & p n r and Golkonda. Little more than twenty miles south of D a - b h o 1 is the fine river S a s t r i, with the fort of Jayagadh at its mouth, and the town of Sangamesvar thirty miles up. I am not aware of the Musalmans ever having had any considerable station on this river, and, though it is quite possible they may have had, it does not seem that they can ever have required a second port so near Dabhol, while at the same time this river would be too far north for a short route to either of the southern capitals. R a t - n a g i r l, about 20 miles south ofJ ayagadh, has never been a port or a place of trade, although the fort is one of the finest on the coast. About 18 miles south of this, however, is the small river Muckhkundi, with the fort of Purangadli at its mouth : a little way up is the white tomb of a pir visible from the sea, to which Musalman sailors in passing make offerings. The scenery of this river is particularly fine, and about 12 miles up is the town of Sat avail, which, though now entirely decayed, is said to have been a place of some importance in the time of the Musalmans, and to have had a considerable trade. Not only has it still a large Musalman population, with remains of mosks, a small fort and other buildings, but there are also to be traced roads leading in almost every direction up the very steep hills by which the town is surrounded, though no single one of them appeal’s to have been repaired for several generations. One of these roads leads through L a n j c and Prabhanvali to Visalgadh. Lanje stands in a fine open plain, and is said to have been formerly a large town, and there is a tomb which is believed to be that of a princess who died here on a journey. Prabhanvali also is known to have been formerly a large place and a chief station of the Musalmans, but it is more decayed even than Satavali or Lanje. I have only seen it from a distance, but am told that it contains no more signs of its former importance than the remains of some mosks, one of which is known to have been the Jamma Masjid, and the foundations of large houses. This village lies immediately unde?* the fortress of Visalgadh, and the ghat is still passable for bullocks. The distance from