Note 9 — PART I.—DESCRIPTION.

The Málwa Sultáns, a.d. 1400–1570.Of early Hindu Mándu, which is said to date from a.d. 313, nothing is known.9 Hind spire stones are built into the Hindola palace walls; and the pillars of the lesser Jámá mosque, about a hundred yards from the east end of the sea or Ságar Lake, are Hindu apparently Jain. Of these local Hind chiefs almost nothing is known except that their fort was Appendix II. The Hill Fort of Mándu. History The Málwa Sultáns, a.d. 1400–1570. taken and their power brought to an end by Sultán Shams-ud-dín Altamsh about a.d. 1234.10 Dhár, not Mándu, was at that time the capital. It seems doubtful whether Mándu ever enjoyed the position of a capital till the end of the fourteenth century. In a.d. 1401, in the ruin that followed Timúr’s (a.d. 1398–1400) conquest of Northern India, a Pathán from the country of Ghor, Diláwar Khán Ghori (a.d. 1387–1405), at the suggestion of his son Alp Khán, assumed the white canopy and scarlet pavilion of royalty.11 Though Dhár was Diláwar’s head-quarters he sometimes stayed for months at a time at Mándu,12 strengthening the defences and adorning the hill with buildings, as he always entertained the desire of making Mándu his capital.13 Three available inscriptions of Diláwar Appendix II. The Hill Fort of Mándu. History The Málwa Sultáns, a.d. 1400–1570. Khán (a.d. 1387–1405) seem to show that he built an assembly mosque near the Ship Palace, a mosque near the Dehli Gate, and a gate at the entrance to Songaḍh, the south-west corner and citadel of Mándu, afterwards known as the Tárápúr Gate.