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¹ Elliot, History of India, II, p. 251; Briggs (Firishta), Vol. I, p. 192. Another version says that Jayacandra was not killed in battle, but in order to avoid the disgrace and dishonour of defeat he met a “death congenial to the Hindu by drowning himself in the sacred Ganges” (See Forbes, Rāsamālā, I, p. 223).