At the station of Burdwan, the inhabitants of the station, some of them ladies, met us, and in a very polite manner presented flowers.

The Paharia Raja of Gando was named Somar Singh and he paid tribute to the Burdwan Raja.

Once ten or twelve Paharias went to Burdwan to pay the annual tribute.

This they did and in the morning the Burdwan Raja came in and found them all lying in this strange position and was very much amused.

Her beauty attracted his attention while he was still Prince Salîm, but Akbar, disapproving of her as a daughter-in-law, gave her in marriage to Sher Afsan, "the lion killer," a nobleman of Burdwan.

The Burdwan Pandits read tat-samim.

The Burdwan Pandits give this latter reading.