Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s1.68

c15.s1.68

⁶³ There they found a brazen bull, which the Hindus had worshipped for years. It was sent to Agra wherefrom the Sultan ordered it to be taken to Delhi and placed at the Baghdād gate. Up to the time of Akbar it was there, and Nizāmuddīn claims to have seen it. Badaonī claims to have seen it too, but he says that he saw it at Fatehpur (Sīkrī) where it had been removed in 992 H, A. D. 1584. Later, by orders of Akbar, it was converted into gongs and bells and implements of all kinds. T.A., I, 348; Badaonī, Ranking, I, 432-33. Also *Makhzan*, 79 (a). T.S.A., 75.