The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.171
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¹ Dr Vincent Smith (*Akbar*, p. 110) has “Nāgaur”, following the printed text of the *Akbar-nāma*. A glance at the map will show that Nāgaur is an impossible reading. Akbar, marching from Ajmer to Gujarāt, would not have been likely to march nearly 80 miles in a north-westerly direction when his objective lay directly to the south-west. The correct reading must be Bāgor (25° 22′ N., 74° 23′ E.) which is obtained by changing the position of one dot. That this is so is proved by the text of the *Akbar-nāma*, where it is stated that Akbar’s next stage was “the neighbourhood of Amet”. The distance from Bāgor to Amet is about 28 miles and that from Nāgaur to Amet about 140.