Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.18

c8.18

³ It may be observed in this connection that though Raverty agrees with this observation and suggests the adoption of Hindu months in official use (*vide* foot-note, p.748), this inference can hardly be drawn from his reading of the text. Raverty has read ‘*Asarh*’ (the Hindu month) into the text of the *Tabaqat-i-Nasiri* in one place. The B.M. MS. of the *Tabaqat* (Add. 26, 189) gives the text بہار without any notation (f. 203) which the learned translator has read as ‘*Ahar*’ and connects it with the Hindu month, drawing his conclusion from it. The text may, with greater relevancy, be read as *Bahar* and the phrase *Waqt-i-Bahar* (spring time) rather than *Waqt-i-Asarh* which will be an obvious misconstruction.