On the Pahuj, and now belonging to the Bundela prince of Datia. The author has been over this field of battle. Footnote 4.23.14: [On the Bannāphar sept, from which sprang the heroes Alha and Udal, see Crooke, _Tribes and Castes North-West Provinces_, i. 137 ff.; their bravery forms the subject of numerous ballads (_ASR_, ii. 455 ff.).] Footnote 4.23.15: Hindaun was a town dependent on Bayana, the capital of the Jadons, whose descendants still occupy Karauli and Sri Mathura. Footnote 4.23.16: [The modern Rohilkhand Division.] Footnote 4.23.17: Rao Pajun of Amber, one of the great vassals of the Chauhan, and ancestor of the present Raja of Jaipur. Footnote 4.23.18: In the original, “the land of the Baghel to that of the Chandel.” Rewa is capital of [or leading State in] Baghelkhand, founded by the Baghela Rajputs, a branch of the Solanki kings of Anhilwara. Footnote 4.23.19: Antarved, the Duab, or Mesopotamia of the Jumna and Ganges. Footnote 4.23.20: A district S.W. of Delhi, notorious for the lawless habits of its inhabitants: a very ancient Hindu race, but the greater part forced proselytes to the faith of Islam. In the time of Prithiraj the chief of Mewat was one of his vassals. Footnote 4.23.21: _Jayapattra_, or ‘bulletin of victory.’ Footnote 4.23.22: Jaichand was then king of this city, only second to Delhi. He was attacked in 1193 (A.D.) by Shihabu-d-din, after his conquest of the Chauhan, driven from his kingdom, and found a watery grave in the Ganges. [The battle was fought at Chandāwar in the Etāwa District, A.D. 1194 (Smith, _EHI_, 385).] Footnote 4.23.23: Jagnakh had two villages conferred upon him, besides an elephant and a dress. Footnote 4.23.24: [Compare _Iliad_, xii. 237 ff.] Footnote 4.23.25: The phenicopteros. [The great crane, _Grus antigone_.] Footnote 4.23.26: A large red duck, the emblem of fidelity with the Rajputs. [The Brahmani duck, _Anas casarca_.] Footnote 4.23.27: The jackal. Footnote 4.23.28: Commander of the succours of Kanauj. Footnote 4.23.29: _Asis_ is a form of benediction only bestowed by females and priests: it is performed by clasping both hands over the person’s head, and waving a piece of silver or other valuable over him, which is bestowed in charity [the object being to disperse evil influence]. Footnote 4.23.30: This is a very ancient ceremony, and is called _Nicharavali_ [or _ārti_. The Author has frequently had a large salver filled with silver coin waved over his head, which was handed for distribution amongst his attendants. It is most appropriate from the fair, from whom also he has had this performed by their proxies, the family priest or female attendants. Footnote 4.23.31: