The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.234

v3.c20.234

Meanwhile Bughrā had advanced with his army to the frontier of his kingdom and was encamped on the bank of the Gogra¹. His intentions were undoubtedly hostile. He had acquiesced in his son’s elevation to the throne, but the latter’s subsequent conduct and the prospect of the extinction of his house, had aroused even his resentment. Kaiqubād, on learning that his father had reached the Gogra, marched from Delhi in the middle of March, 1288, to Ajodhya, where he was joined by his cousin Chhajjū from Kara.