1 Mr /-/ HISTORY OK THE SIKHS.
2 oL peace wars concluded between Anundpa! and
3 Marnood, whereby the former kept possession of the
4 Punjabi Anundpal must have been possessed ol
5 great wealth , since we find him offering to reimburse
6 Marnood the expense of his expedition to Iiidia foi
7 the purpose of destroying Thannessiiy besides an
8 ^ fiffw dipnhnnt.s and iewels to a considerable
9 The Punjab was ultimately wrested from the
10 Hindoos by Marnood, on his return from his tenth
11 expedition to India. The last Hindoo king ol
12 Lahore whs PuttUrugepal, who fled on the approach
13 of Marnood, and the Emperor appointed one of his
14 omrahs to the government of Lahore, in the year
15 of the Christian era 1022. (Dow.)
16 In the reign of Marnood, an attempt was made
17 by the Indian chiefs of the Punjab to regain the
18 country, Collecting a large army, they advanced
19 to Lahore, and invested it. The siege lasted seven
20 months, and the Mussulmans, seeing no chance of
21 succour, sallied out, and offered battle to the
22 Hindoos, who were so struck with their resolution,
23 that they betook themselves to flight, and were
24 pursued with great slaughter.
25 Ift the year a. t>. 1 158, Chuse,ro, son of Byram.
26 was crowned at Lahore, and died there after
27 reign of seven years ; so that this is the first ol
28 the emperors of Ghuzni, who, leaving his own
29 country, made Lahore the soft of empire. v
30 Chusero the Second reigned at Lahore, where
31 he was besieged by Mahomed# brother to th<