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the expiry of that year, i.e. in 1070 A.H. (A.D. 1659). . . . The central, unpaved space in the floor of the cenotaph, where his grave should have been, remains undisturbed to this day.’ (Cousens, *A.S.I.*, xxxviii, 1916, p. 97.) Sarkar (*Shivaji and His Times*, p. 85) states that Afzal Khān was slain in September, 1659 ; and he calculates 1069 A.H. as running from Sunday, September 19, A.D. 1658, to Wednesday, September 7, 1659. (Sarkar, *History of Aurangzib*, p. 85.) No more precise date than this is given anywhere.]