Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I.—History Literature &c. 1885

The asylnrn of forgiveness Abu Muhammad son of Abd-nSamad Khan Reshanfini on the 19 Shahan in the year 1116 Hijri corresponding to the 48th year of the reign of the lute Emperor Aurangzeb at the ago of 23 dparted this life and migrated to heaven. [...] The principal memorial of the connection of the district with the Lucknow Court during the latter half of the 18th century is to be seen at.K0114 where is a fine masonry tank constructed in a year of famine by Zain'ul-abu-d-din the local Governor under the orders of the Vazir Mir Almits 'AA Khin. [...] All they could tell me as to their origin was that they came in the time of the Pounirs from the neighbourhood of Banda south of the Jamutui ; which is in exactly the opposite direction from the Singraur Ghit on the Ganges which is to the north. [...] The power of the family and the extent of its territory may have been greatly exaggerated and certainly no external evidence of the truth of the local tradition has yet been suplied either by coins or copper-plate inscriptions as for the Gupta and Gaharwir dynasties nor in temples of well-ascertained Gautam foundtion such as attest the wealth and magnificence of the Charade's. [...] By Rohtlis we must understand not the historical fortress of that name but the western boundary of the Sarkir of which it was the capital for the fortress itself as will be seen from the map lies far to the east of the boundary.