[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Tārīkh-i Dāʾūdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi) › [Tarikh-i Daudi of 'Abdu-lla (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot) › 3.3.5 # Tarikh-i Daʾudi 3.3.5 Táríkh-i Dáúdí of 'Abdu-lla (extracts) 3.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.3.3.5) He daily received an account of the prices of all things, and an account of what had happened in the different districts of his Empire. If he perceived the slightest appearance of anything wrong, he caused instant inquiries to be made about it. He generally resided at Agra; it is said by some that Agra became a city in his time, before which it had been a mere village, but one of old standing. The Hindus, indeed, assert that Agra was a strong place in the days of Raja Kans, who ruled in Mathura, and who confined every one who displeased him in the fort at that place, so that in course of time it had become the established State prison. In the year when the army of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni invaded Hindustan, he so ruined Agra, that it became one of the most insignificant villages in the land; after this, it improved from the time of Sultan Sikandar, and at length, in Akbar's time, became the seat of government of the Empire of Dehli, and one of the chief cities of Hindustan. - [Previous: 3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.3.3.4) - [Next: 3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.3.3.6) - [Up: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.3.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.3.3.5) · Pramāṇa