(२८०) stant fights between the rival creeds and the alarm they occasioned in court circles bear witness. This development was not due to any particnlar person. The great family of Sakaldipi Brahmans, whose representative bears the recent title of Maharaja of Ajodhya, had but little to do with the place, and the fine palace of the Maharaja in the east of the city and its adjoining temples are of very recent origin. VII [District Gazetteer of the United Provinces. Vol. XXI. Banda. By D. L. Drake-Brockman. Publi- shed 1909. Page 178 ) On September 6th., 1803, Colonel Powell, with a force of five battalions of native infan- try and a suitable proportion of cavalry and artillery crossed the Jumna at Rajapur and marched to Karwi. As soon as the army reached the Paisuni, Himmat Bahadur marched from Kalinjar to meet it, while Shamsher Bahadur retired to the west bank of the Ken. The allied forces rapidly advanced, drove the Maratha Chief from the river side and comple- tely defeated him at Kapsa, nine miles from
