The Book of Akbar 376.1.2
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 376.1.2
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376.1.2
In a short time all the apparatus was got ready, and sundry pits, which in Hindi are called odī were dug according to a special plan (of Akbar’s, see Blochmann 286). Several heads of cīta were caught there and then, and the cavalcade moved towards Delhi. Though before this many cīta had been collected for the royal establishment, this was the first time that H.M. hunted them in person, On 11 Azar, Divine month corresponding to Saturday 4 Rabi‘al-awal 968, 24th November, 1560, the standards were set up in Delhi, and mortals attained the materials of tranquillity.