Epigraphia Indica Vol 12

Author(s): Sten Konow
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 40

No. 5.]
LADNU INSCRIPTION OF SADHARANA.
margin were composed by the Gauda Kayastha Danda and engraved in the reign of Ghiyas-nddin Tughlaq, i.e. between V.S. 1378-1382. No mention has been made of Khushra Nasirud-din probably on account of his brief tenure of power.
The inscription unfolds, under the heading of rajavali-varnanam, the dynasty of 10 Muham madan Emperors of Delhi from Shahab-ud-din Ghōri to Ala-ud-din Khilji; but the list differs a great deal from that given in the Persian history called Tawarikh-i-Firishta, according to which some names seem to have been omitted and some reversed in their order. Below is given a statement comparing the genealogy contained in this inscription with that of Firishta, as also their dates in Hijri, Christian and Vikrama eras:
No.
1
2
3
4
B
6
7
8
9
13
Sanskrit inscription.
14
15
Shabab-ud-din
Qutb-ud-din
Ala-ud-din
Mu'izz-ud-din
Näsir-ud-din
10 Ghiyas-ud-din
11
12 Shabab-ud-din
Ala-ud-din
Shams-ud-din
Firōz Shah
Qutb-ud-din
16
17 Ghiyas-ud-din
Tawarikh-i-Firishta.
Shahab-ud-din Ghöri
Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Aram Shah.
Shams-ud-din Altamish
Rukn-ud-din Firōz Shah
Raziya Bēgam
Mu'izz-ud-din Babram Shah
Ala-ud-din Mas'ud
Näsir-ud-din Mahmud
Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
Mu'izz-ud-din Kai Qubad
Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilji
Alä-ud-din Khilji.
Shahab-ud-din Umar
Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah
Khushru Khan Nasir-ud-din Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq .
Hijri years. years.
582-602
602-606
606
607-633
683
634-637
637-639
639-644
644-664
664-685
685-687
688-696
696-716
21
716 717-721 721 721-725
Christian Vikrama years.
1186-1206 1243-1263
1206-1209 1263-1266
1210
1267
1210-1236
1267-1293
1236 1293 1236-1239 1293-1296 1239-1241 1296-1398
1241-1246 1298-1308
1246-1266 1308-1328
1266-1286 1323-1343
1286-1288 1848-1845
1288-1295 1345-1352
1295-1315 1362-1372
.............*****
1316 1378 1316-1321 1373-1378 1821 1378 1321-1325 1378-1882
It may be noted that the prasasti writer has, perhaps for want of knowledge of history, omitted 3 names, viz., Aram Shah (No. 3 in the above list), Raziya Begam (No. 6) and Mu'izz-ud-din Kai Qubad (No. 11). Similarly, in the genealogy subsequently added after verse 35, which is shown in the above statement below the dotted line, the names of Shahab-uddin Umar (No. 14) and Nasir-ud-din (No. 16) have been left out, perhaps on account of their very brief tenure of power. Besides, in the genealogy as given by the prasasti writer the names of 7 and 8 have been reversed, so that the name of the son (Ala-ud-din Mas'ud) has been put in the place of the father (Mu'izz-ud-din Babräm Shah), and vice versa. This is probably either due to his lack of knowledge of the history of the Muhammadan Emperors or because the name of Ala-ud-din, who was the son of Firoz Shah, has been put in after that of his father