The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c13.30

v4.c13.30

While the emperor was at Kahalgāon Mahmūd received news that two of his sons had been killed by the Afghāns, and still suffering from his wounds he died from the effects of this last shock. Humāyūn now pressed on to seize what he hoped would be a rich prize. But Gaur, though entered without further opposition, was a desolate place with corpses still lying in the streets, and the rich granaries which Mahmūd had promised him were wasted. In spite of these warnings of the vanity of his hopes, Humāyūn liked the attractive fertility of the place and gave it the name of Jannatābād, or abode of Paradise, on the coins he struck to commemorate his success. The former government having been destroyed there was no opposition in the country-side to his officers or to his parcelling out the districts among his followers. Once more reaction set in after an apparently successful enterprise, and the whole force from emperor to private soldier devoted itself to ease and pleasure.