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³ Compare Raverty, 757. Radhakumad Mukherji has understood duties connected with this officer to indicate maritime activity in the early Muslim period. I have, however, failed to trace any special significance of this officer to connect him with maritime activity during the period. He helped the conveyance of royal troops over the rivers and supervised the bridges. Both functions were subordinate to the military operations on land, and can hardly be interpreted to imply any maritime significance. See ‘A history of Indian Shipping and Maritime activity’, p.189. The original text of Barani (B., 86-68) says nothing of a naval expedition against Tughral. It only mentions the crossing of the river in ‘Bajaras’.