The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.37

v3.c22.37

An incident which happened at this time throws some light on the nature of the dominion of the Lodīs in the Punjab, the province in which they had originally established themselves. They should certainly have been able, had they commanded the resources of this province, to crush at once the kingdom of Jaunpur, which for a long time contended with them on equal terms, to establish themselves as undisputed lords of the Doāb, and to recover the fortress and province of Gwalior, which had been a Muhammadan possession for more than a century and a half until, in the troublous times of [Figure: INDIA *in 1525* The Political boundaries are shown thus:----- Countries and Peoples thus... ... BENGAL Towns . . . . . Parashūr Rivers . . . . . *Mahānadī* Scales 50 0 50 100 200 English Miles 100 0 100 200 300