Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.t2.28

v1.c17.s2.t2.28

A succession of fifty-seven princes occupied Ayodhya from Ikshwaku to Rama. From Yāyati’s sons the Lunar races descend each side, fed by the parent stream, returned the waters again into it; one through the city of Delhi, the other on the opposite side. [Cunningham (ASR, i. 207 ff.) proved that the true site of the ancient city, Siri, was the old ruined fort to the north-east of Rāi Pithora’s stronghold, which is at present called Shāhpur. This identification has been disputed by C. J. Campbell (JASB, 1866, p. 206). But Cunningham gives good reasons for maintaining his opinion. The place took its name from Sher Shāh and his son Islām or Salīm Shāh. See also Carr Stephens, Archaeological and Monumental Remains of Delhi (1876), pp. 87 f., 190.]