History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.147

c6.147

the Raja was defeated, and he is supported by another account. Vidyapati, a Maithil poet of great renown, who flourished in the 14th century speaks of Hari Singh Deva as ‘frightened by the Sultan.⁶⁶ The Raja fell back on his capital Simraon or Simrāmapura now situated within the border of the Nepal state, but it was captured and ruined. Professor Bendall and Mr. Wright accept the view that Hari Singh Deva fled across the Nepal border, conquered the country and established a kingdom for himself.⁶⁷ The date of Hari Singh Deva’s flight is given in the following verses as Saka 1245 (1324 A.D.):—