Twilight of the Sultanate c19.s4.16

c19.s4.16

It would be interesting to note how Jalāl Khan came to Jabalpur from Malwa. There is no highway joining the two places. The river Narbada flows close to Jabalpur and passes through the vicinity of Mandu. Narbada is the only holy river in India on which Parikrama is done, that is, pilgrims go on foot from one end of the river to the other on one of its banks and crossing it at either of the ends repeat the process the other way round. Thus all through the year the pilgrims trek their way to and fro on its banks. The route along the river bank was the safest and the most convenient from Malwa to Garha-Katanga in those days and in all probability the fugitive prince took this route. In the winter season the river is also navigable at certain places in large boats and all through the year in small ones.