A History of Agriculture in India v2.c71.13

v2.c71.13

Sher Khan left Agra and came to his jagir in Bihar. He consolidated his power in South Bihar. He also captured Gaur. In A.D. 1537, Humayun moved against him, but Sher Khan defeated him at Chausa on the Ganges. In May 1540, Sher Khan again defeated Humayun opposite Kanauj and pursued him to Lahore. Sher Khan proclaimed himself Emperor of India in A.D. 1540 and came to be known as Sher Shah Suri. Sher Shah was killed in A.D. 1545, while standing near a store of gunpowder, which got accidentally ingnited while he was directing the siege of Kalanjar in Bundelkhand. He died at the age of fifty-nine.