Muntakhab al-tawarikh 4.2.2

4.2.2

In the year 413 H. (1022 A.D.), he again made an attempt on the country of Nanda, and when he arrived at the fortress of Gwaliar, having reduced it peaceably and accepted presents from its governor, confirmed him in his governorship. As part of that present there were thirty-five elephants. Leaving that place he went to the fort of Kalinjar, the commander of which first made an offering of three hundred elephants and sought his protection. He also composed a poem in Hindi in praise of the Sultan, and sent it to him, whereupon the Sultan read the poem in the presence of the eloquent men of Hindustan and the poets of his own country. They were all loud in their praises of the poem, and the Sultan was so proud of it, that he wrote a patent conferring upon him the governorship of fifteen forts as a reward for the poem. Nanda also sent large quantities of property and jewels, and countless number of cattle fell off to them. The Sultan returned and triumphant arrived in Ghaznin.