[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) › 13.2.2 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 13.2.2 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 13.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [13.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.13.2.2) Every place where he arrived surrendered to him, and (thus victorious) he reached the fort of Shakalhar, higher up the town of Kih (or Kumba), which is said to be the boundary of Kashmir, and where he stayed for a month. (During that period), some of the rulers of the surrounding region were coerced into submission, while others voluntarily paid homage to him and tendered their allegiance. He imposed definitive compacts on the nobles and rulers of those parts, and the stability of the kingdom was completely secured. He then ordered two young plants to be brought; one a maisir, or white poplar, and the other a deodar, or fir tree. He planted both of them on the boundary of Kashmir upon the banks of a stream called the Panj Mahiyát, which is close to the hills of Kashmir, and takes its origin from the springs of that mountainous region. He remained there till the branches of the two trees interspersed with each other: Then he bade farewell to the spot, and declared: “This is the boundary line between us and the Rai of Kashmir, and there will be no passage beyond it.” The recorder of this conquest states that, when the eastern boundary was fixed, Chach returned from there and came to the capital city of Alor. He stayed there for a period of one year, and rested from the fatigue of the journey, and his chiefs collected a large number of the appliances and weapons of war. Then he told the wazir: “My heart is free from anxiety in regard to the eastern boundary; - [Previous: 13.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.13.2.1) - [Next: 13.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.13.2.3) - [Up: 13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.13.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.13.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.13.2.2) · Pramāṇa