A History of Agriculture in India v2.c78.4

v2.c78.4

Abu-l-Fazl states, ‘Elephants are found in the Suba of Agra, in the forests of Bayawan and Narwar, as far as Berar, in the Suba of Allahabad, in the confines of Pannah (Bhath), Ghora, and Ratanpur, Nandanpur, Sirguja, and Bastar; in the Suba of Malwa, in Handiyah, Uchhod, Chanderi, Santwas, Bijagarh, Raisin, Hoshangabad, Garha, Haryagarh; in the Suba of Bihar, in the neighbourhood of Rahtas and Jharkhand; and in the Suba of Bengal, in Orisa, and Satgaw. The elephants from Pannah are the best. In the *Babur-nama*, Kalpi is mentioned as the place known for its elephants’ (Fig. 39).