Indian Epigraphy c7.s5.2

c7.s5.2

¹ That Kaikā’ūs, son of Nāṣiruddīn Bughrā Khān, actually ruled over Bengal is not indicated by the Persian historians and is only known from inscriptions (*Ep. Indo-Mosl.*, 1917-1918, pp. 8-15). Inscriptions have shown that Maḥmūd Tughlaq was a ruling king in A. H. 795 (1392-93 A.D.) and did not begin to rule in the following year as stated in the chronicles (ibid., 1919-1920, pp. 12-15; 1933-1934, Supp., pp. 22-23). Cf. also the evidence of a Sanskrit inscription referring to Muḥammad bin Tughlaq (believed to have ascended the throne in 1325 A.D.) but dated June 3, 1324 A. D. (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXV, p. 141).