The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.433

v1.c17.s5.433

The account of Jājnagar quoted above bears tesimony to the wealth and prosperity of Orissa under the reign of Bhānudeva III. In spite of the claims of the Muslim historian, the invasion of Fīrūz does not seem to have been anything but a plundering raid. There is at least no foundation for the statement that the Jājnagar Rāī 'had long been a dependant and subject of the Sulṭān.' The fact that the Sulṭān was satisfied with only 20 elephants after his costly expedition may be accepted as an indication of his failure to achieve any permanent success. As the Sulṭān represented it, it was intended and it probably ended merely in an elephant-hunt.