Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s5.t2.131

v1.c17.s5.t2.131

" The Jats inhabited the country on the borders of Multan, along the river that runs by the mountains of Jud.³ When Mahmud reached Multan, finding the Jat country defended by great rivers, he built fifteen hundred boats,⁴ each armed with six iron spikes projecting from their prows, to prevent their being boarded by the enemy, expert in this kind of warfare. In each boat he placed twenty archers, and some with fire-balls of naphtha to burn the Jat fleet. The monarch having determined on their extirpation, awaited the result at Multan. The Jats sent their wives, children, and effects to Sind Sagar,¹ and launched four thousand, or, as others say, eight thousand boats well armed to meet the Ghaznians. A terrible conflict ensued, but the projecting spikes sunk the Jat boats while others were set on fire. Few escaped from this scene of terror; and those who did, met with the more severe fate of captivity."²