The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s4.194

v2.c32.s4.194

² See *TN*, Vol. I, p. 457, fn. 3. Some MSS. have Tabarhindh. But Raverty notes that the printed text has Sirhind. The *TA, Mir'āt-i-Jahān-Numā* and *Khulāṣat-ut Tawārīkh* also have Sirhind. According to Thornton's Gazetteer of India, London, 1886, (p. 872), Sirhind is the name of the tract “consisting of the N. E. portion of the plain which intervenes between the Jumna and the Sutlej rivers. It includes the British Districts of Umballa, Ludhiana and Firozpur, together with the native States of Patiala, Jind and Nabha; in the historical sense it embraces the level plain between the Himalayas and the Desert of Bikaner, the Satlej and the Jumna.” Budā’unī has Tarhindah, and says it was Jaipāl’s capital. Firishta has Pathindah or Bhathindah. The *Lubb ut-Tawārīkh-i-Hind* says ‘Tabarhindah, now known by the name of Bithandah.’ Considering all these facts, it seems probable that the fortress meant was really located at Bhatinda, in the Patiala State.