The Commentary of Father Monserrate 2.3.3

2.3.3

No one can tell with any degree of certainty by whom and at what time this great city was founded; for the Musalmans, whose nature is indeed that of barbarians, take no interest in such things: their chronicles being scanty and unreliable, and full of old wives' tales. However, judging from the structure of the walls, one may venture a confident conjecture that the town is fairly modern and was built by Musalmans. I was told that its builders were Mongols, of a different tribe from that which has become so celebrated in our own time. For it is said that two hundred years ago the Mongols, being in search of a fresh country to occupy, left their ancestral encampments, invaded India, and settled at Mandho, both because it is by nature very easily defended and also because it is the most fertile part of the district, and indeed of the whole province of Malwa. These Mongols, however, were afterwards crushed by the Pathans in a number of battles, were driven into the single stronghold of Mandho, were besieged there for seven years, and finally, having been compelled to submit, were destroyed. For the Pathan King, who was in command of the besieging army, after many vain attempts to storm the city, fully perceived that it could only be subdued by compelling it to surrender through hunger.