[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.1597 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.1597 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.1597 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1597) 1438 H. 842. Maḥmūd Khaljī of Mālava leaving Mandū marches to Sārangpūr; defeats Malik Ḥājī of Gujarāt. ‘Umar Khān, marching from Chanderī, is defeated and slain by Maḥmūd at Sārangpūr. A pestilence, possibly cholera, breaks out in Aḥmad Shāh’s army and compels him to return to Gujarāt.—BG. 123–5. - [Previous: c5.1596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1596) - [Next: c5.1598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1598) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1597) · Pramāṇa