1 quainted with the use of arms is shown by the
2 formidable array of war chariots drawn tip to
3 oppose Alexander after he had crossed the Ravee.
4 These .chariots were tied together, and filled with
5 armed men; some had darts, others spears and
6 axes. No mention is made of bows and arrows, so
7 generally employed by the Sikhs of the present
8 day, as weapons of war. So unusual a mode of
9 warfare alarmed the Macedonians, for the barba¬
10 rians leaped from one chariot to another when
11 wishing to assist their comrades. After losing
12 eighty of their men, the barbarians fled within their
13 city. A noble breed of dogs is mentioned, four of
14 which were considered a match for a lion, a beast of
15 prey then common in the Punjab, and until of late
16 years frequently found in the Humanah district,
17 on this side the Sutlej. The term Singh, applied |h* term
18 by Gooroo Govind to his followers, may have had
19 reference to the great number of lions infesting the
20 Punjab, even in his time. At the present day the
21 tigers appear to have taken the place of the lions,
22 and are often met with in the jungles skirting the
23 banks of the rivers.
24 It is to be lamented, that no authentic records
25 are to be found regarding the Punjab after the
26 time of Alexander, unt; the time of the Mussul¬
27 man rulers of the country, embracing a period of
28 1,300 years, or from the year before the Christian
29 era 325, until a.d. 997, in the reign of Subuctagi.
30 At this time, it is related in Dow’s history of
31 Hindustan, Jeipal was the Hindoo king of Lahore,