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120 ALA -AD -DIN KHALJI confidence. The mud fort of Warangal was taken by assault, the stone fort was invested, and the raja sur- rendered his treasures and agreed to pay tribute. Kafur returned to Delhi with a booty of a hundred elephants, 7,000 horses, and quantities of jewels. In 1310 the same generals pushed their way to the Mala- bar coast, took the old capital of Dvara-samudra, almost as far south as Mysore, destroyed the great temple of the golden idols in Ma'bar (probably Malabar), bringing home in the early part of 1311 no less than 612 elephants, 20,000 horses, coffers of precious stones and pearls, and 96,000 mans of gold, which, taking the man at no more than % cwt., amounts to 1200 tons of gold. Considering the vast wealth of the Hindu shrines, which had never before been despoiled in the Deccan, the sum, though doubtless exaggerated, is not absolutely incredible. The treasure was brought to the palace of Siri, and the Sultan thereupon presented the officers of the fortunate campaign with gifts of gold measured out by the hundredweight. The rajas of Devagiri and Warangal paid their tribute, and the northern part of the Deccan acknowledged the suze- rainty of Delhi. This was the climax of Ala-ad-din's reign. He had done much. The Mongols were no longer the terror of the Panjab. The army was never stronger, as its victories in the Deccan proved, and never cheaper, owing to the regulated price of provisions. Rebellion had ceased to raise its head, and the severity of its repression had procured a security to the agricul-