82 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
Sri-Chahadas Jie tt +] cat Tite ply 
UaMauas MBiALvvuils 
Dordarnda-charndima-bharena purah parebhyo 
hah 
yen-ahrta Nalagiri-pramukha garist hak 
This passage tells us that Chahada of Narwar was born in 
a noble family which was called after a legendary hero named 
Jayapala ; that the current popular form of the family name 
was Jajapella; and that Chahada captured from enemies 
Nalapura or Narwar and other big towns.” 
‘On combining the information supplied by these two 
records we learn that the family name of the kings of Narwar 
hitherto known by the rather generic title ‘Rajputs of Nar- 
? 
) } pT J am. 
Yaramadi-raja however does not appear to have ruled over 
Narwar for we learn from the Narwar Kacheri inscription that 
it was Chahada who conquered Narwar trom enemies.”’ 
Mr. Garde agrees with the late Major Raverty in thinking 
that Chahada Achari of Ranthambhor was a different personage 
from Chahadadeva of Narwar. The basis of his argument is 
the origin of the princes of Narwar. According to the inscrip- 
tions discovered by Mr. Garde the Narwar Chieftains belonged 
Deo) were sent against Chahar Deo (sometimes spelt Nahar 
e€0) :— 
(1) In the year 631 A.H. (1233 A.D.) Malik Nasrat-ud-din 
Ta-yasai was attacked by Chahar Deo Rana of Ajar in a hilly 
2 
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* Tabaqat-i-Nasiri (Bib. Ind.), Raverty’s trans., p. 733. 
