Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s3.46

c13.s3.46

¹⁰² The name is variously written and creates confusion. Ferishta, I, 178, line 2 and *Makhzan* 50 (a) have رای داند. Dorn, I, 53 has Dandoo. Nizāmuddīn, T.A., I, 311 has Daud. The Raja of Etawah was Sakat (Shakti) Singh and his son was Dandu or Dande Rao. Both of them are mentioned in the Dynastic list of the Chauhan Rajas of Partabner. N.W.P. Gaz. (Ed. 1876), IV, 374 and n. For centuries the Chauhans had been in great strength in Mainpuri and Etawah. Vīra Bhānū and Rai Pratap (Rudra) belonged to this tribe. The town of Mainpuri was founded by Jagannāth, ninth in descent from this Rudra. Hunter, Imp. Gaz., II, 403; Ranking, Badaoni, I, 386, n. 3. Hodivala, 406.