[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Twilight of the Sultanate](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963) › c19.s4 # Twilight of the Sultanate c19.s4: Appendix D: Garha Katanga Twilight of the Sultanate c19.s4 - **Language:** English ### Appendix D: Garha Katanga ### [c19.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.2) NIZAMUDDIN, BADAONI AND Ahmad Yādgār¹ call the place Garhā Katanga. Ferishta has Garhā only.² Col. Ranking in a note in Badaonī's translation says, "It would seem we should read Garha Katanga which is the name of the country bounded on the north by Panna, and on the south by the Dakhan".³ B. De the translator of the \*Tabqāt-i-Akbarī\* adds that "the name is not distinctly written" in the various MSS.⁴ Elliot in the translation of the \*Tārīkh-i-Salātīn-i-Afghānā\* reads it as Garra Kantak, but makes no effort to locate its site.⁵ Sir Wolseley Haig identifies it with Katangi, a village lying 23 miles from Jabalpur on the Jabalpur-Sagar Road.⁶ ### [c19.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.3) ¹ T.A., I, 348; Badaonī, Ranking, I, 433; T.S.A., 73. ### [c19.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.4) ² Ferishta, I, 190, line 11. ### [c19.s4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.5) ³ Badaonī, Ranking, I, 433, n. 1. ### [c19.s4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.6) ⁴ T.A., De, I, 403, n. 1. ### [c19.s4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.7) ⁵ E and D, V, 12. ### [c19.s4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.8) ⁶ C.H.I., III, 248. ### [c19.s4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.9) There can be no doubt that the place mentioned is Garha-Katanga only as we again find it referred to by Malik Muhammad Jaisī in his epic \*Padmāvat\* (written in Sher Shāh's time). While leading Prince Ratan Sen towards Sinhaldwīp to obtain Padminī, his parrot-guide indicates the route thus:⁷ ### [c19.s4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.10) ⁷ \*Padmāvat\*, 62. ### [c19.s4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.11) पहुँचौ जहाँ कुंड औ गोला, तजि बायें अंधियार खटोला । दक्खिन देहने रहहिं तिलंगा, उत्तर बायें गढ़ काटंगा ॥ ### [c19.s4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.12) \[On reaching Golkunda (Kund and Gola), (And proceeding northwards), Leave the Dark Pavilion (jungle area of Sagar-Damoh) on the left. On the south-east live the Telinganīs (of Berar) And on (their) north-west is Garh-Kātanga.\]⁸ ### [c19.s4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.13) ⁸ For a discussion on this not too clear a route see \*Padmāvat\*, Edited by Dr V.S. Agrawala, Jhansi, Vik. 2012, 133-34. ### [c19.s4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.14) This Garha-Katanga is comprised of two villages, existing even today, four and two miles respectively west of Jabalpur town. For long the place has been a stronghold of Gonds. Close to Garha is situated the famous Madan Mahal.⁹ The place where Jalāl Khan went was, therefore, Garha-Katanga in close proximity to Jabalpur and not Katangi, as suggested by W. Haig. Katangi lies 23 miles from Jabalpur and has no connection with Garha whatsoever. ### [c19.s4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4.15) ⁹ Imp. Gaz., C.P., 209. ### [c19.s4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.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. ## Cites (3) - [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) — Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Firishta 1606, Persian - [Padmāvat](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.premakhyan.padmavat) — Malik Muhammad Jāyasī 1540, Awadhī - [Madan Mahal (Garhá)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.madan-mahal) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s4) · Pramāṇa