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him that there would be a great famine in V. S. 1819, 1914 and 1915, and so he should store as much corn as he could in all the countries. Jagadu acted according to the advice of his spiritual preceptor and stored much corn in many places. In his granaries, he put copperplates containing the words "This is meant for the poor.” In the days of famine, he opened 112 alms-houses and distributed 49950000.' man corn costng about about Rs. 450,00000.
In the third Year of famine, the prices of corn had soared very high and even the granaries of the kings were empty; 80 Jagadu gave 400,000 mans of corn to Višaladeva, king of Anabilavada, 600,000 mans to the king of Sind, 1600,000' mans to king of Mewad, 900,000 mans to king of Malwa, 1600,000 mans to king of Banaras, and 1050,000 mans to Nasiruddin, 54 Emperor of Delhi 8
These details of Sarvanandasūri are not confirmed by contemporary evidence. This, howevor, need not lead us to reject them. The names of the kings and mandalesvara of Gajarata that we find in the Jagaducharsta are confirmed by
(7-8) Ibid, VI, 68 to 132.
(84) This Nasiruddin (1246 to 1266 A, D.) was certainly & contemporary of Jagada Shah.
