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² Malcolm, *Central India*, i, 25 ; Kincaid, *Ind. Ant.*, xvii, pp. 350–2, with map of the bed of the lake. Further details are given in Major Luard’s article, ‘Gazetteer Gleanings in Central India’ : the great dam and temple at Bhojpur in Bhopal State, *J. R. A. S.*, 1914, pp. 309–16, with map and photo of the remains of the dam. The king who cut the dam was Hoshang Shāh of Mālwa (1405–35). The lake, while it existed, probably modified the climate and tended to prevent famine.