Muntakhab al-tawarikh 4.1.8

4.1.8

In the year 409 H., he marched with the object of subduing Qanauj, and having crossed the seven dangerous rivers of Hindustan, upon his arrival in the neighbourhood of Qanauj, Kura-h, the ruler of Qanauj, offered his submission, and sued for quarter, offering presents. Leaving that place he arrived at the fortress of Barnah whose governor Barwat, having entrusted the defence of the fortress to his kinsfolk, retired into seclusion. The garrison of the fort not being able to withstand Mahmud’s assault sent a present of a lakh and fifty thousand rupees, with thirty elephants, and thus obtained quarter. From thence Mahmud proceeded to the fortress of Mahawun on the banks of the river Jon, where the governor of the fort named Kul Chandar attempted to escape by crossing the river riding on an elephant, but in the meantime the troops of the Sultan arrived, and he destroyed himself by stabbing himself with a dagger — By that same watery path he went to Hell. When to live is to fulfil the desires of one’s enemies Death is infinitely preferable to life.