The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c7.114

c7.114

"A year after" his success in Bihar, i.e. about 1204-5¹, Bakhtiyar accordingly set out on his second adventure in the lower Ganges valley. Taking the available forces with him he marched so swiftly through the unfrequented and difficult Jharkhand region in south Bihar, that "not more than eighteen horsemen could keep pace with him"². Mistaken as a horsedealer and hurting no one on the way, he had an easy and unopposed march to the very gates of Lakshmanasena's residence at Nadia, or as Minhaj calls it Nodia. The king was reported to have just sat down to his midday meal when the uproar at the gate, occasioned by the horsedealers cutting down the guards, caused him to sense danger and prepare for flight. As