Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s1.148

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² Compare for an illustration of extreme brutality and complete want of chivalry and fine feelings, the case of Bhayya Puran Mal of Chanderi. Sher Shah persuaded the Rajput chief and his men to come out of the fortress under the most sacred pledges of security and upon the oath of the Qur'an. When they were brought out, they were treacherously surrounded by the soldiers of Sher Shah and attacked in the darkness of the night. The Rajputs killed their women and children and died fighting to a man. A son and daughter of Bhayya Puran Mal who somehow escaped being killed, fell into the hands of Sher Shah and met a worse fate. The Afghan monarch took his impotent and brutal revenge by castrating the son and turning over the daughter to professional dancing in the streets. For the Jauhars of the Rajputs in inter-tribal wars, compare Tod, II, 744.