[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c28.147 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.147 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.147 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.147) According to Niẓām ud-Dīn and Firishta, Maḥmūd again invaded \*Nandā's\* territory in the year 413 A. H. (1022 A. D.).¹ The campaign in 410 A.H. did not bear any decisive results and Maḥmūd apparently wanted to force a conclusion. We are told that the Ghazni ruler advanced into the territory of \*Nandā\* and besieged the fortress of Gwalior. At the end of four days the commandant (حاکم) of the fort submitted and paid a tribute of 35 elephants.² The Sultan is then said to have invested the fort of Kālañjara, "which has no equal in the whole country of Hindustan for strength and impregnability." The siege lasted for a considerable time, when \*Nandā\*, the ruler of the fort offered 300 elephants as a tribute and begged for safety. When these elephants were let loose from inside the fort, without any drivers, the Sultan ordered that the Turks should catch hold of them and mount them. The troops in the fort were astonished at this spectacle, and felt much awe for the prowess of the Turks. \*Nandā\* then sent some verses which he had composed in the Hindu tongue (زبان هندی),³ in praise of the Sultan. The latter showed them to the eloquent men of Hindustan and other poets⁴ who were in attendance on him. - [Previous: v2.c28.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.146) - [Next: v2.c28.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.148) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) — Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Firishta 1606, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.147) · Pramāṇa