sentences:  The early 19th century historian Sir Henry Miers Elliot believed that a town existed before Allahabad was founded.He adds that after Mahmud of Ghazni captured Asní near Fatehpur, he would not have crossed into Bundelkhand without visiting Prayag, had there been a city there worth plundering.He further argues that its capture would have been heard about when Muhammad of Ghor captured Benares.