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inscription genealogy which begins with him (see Price's translation 

 of this inscription in the 12th vol. Asiatic Researches). 



u The Kajraha inscription must of course be revised — but I possess 

 an earlier and equally long inscription of Dhanga, dated in Samvat 

 1011 or A. D. 95-1, just forty- five years prior to the other which 

 records his death. A third long inscription refers to Sri Kokalla ; 

 but the date, I think, precludes the possibility of this referring to 

 the great founder of the Kulachuri Haihayas. 



" Of the Gwalior inscriptions one of the most interesting is a record 

 of Bhoja Deva, dated in 933 Samvat — both in words and figures = 

 A. D. 876. As this date agrees with that assigned to the great 

 Bhoja of Malwa by Kalhan pundit, viz. A. D. 883 — 901, there can 

 be little hesitation in attributing this inscription to the famous 

 Bhoja — (X. B. The form of the figure 9 in this date is the same as 

 that which Rajendralal has read as 7.) There are many interesting 

 inscriptions of the Kachwahas and Tomaras of G-walior — which will 

 afford a sketch of the destinies of the fortress from about A. D. 800 

 down to the present time. A poem which I possess by the Bard 

 Kharg Rai connects the last Kachwaha prince of Gwalior with the 

 founder of the Kachwaha dynasty of Amber (Jaipoor) . The traditions 

 still preserved at Narwar connect that large fortress with the same 

 prince. Tod calls him Dula Rao — but that was not his name. 

 He was called Teg-Pal, and lost his ancestral kingdom by his absence 

 for two years in Rajputana, where he went to fetch his bride. The 

 beauty of the bride and the dalliance of the ' bridegroom' (dulha) 

 are. celebrated by the poet ; and tradition still preserves the story of 

 the loss of his kingdom by Dulha Rao, or the ' Bridegroom Prince.' 



" Amongst the latest illustrations of the fortunes of the Gwalior 

 family, I may refer to the Sanskrit inscription which was placed over 

 the Kathantiya gate of the fort of Rohtas. (See Journ. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, Sept. 1839.) In this the family is called Tomara, and not 

 Tuar, as by Tod. The name of the 4th prince has been misread : 

 it should be Dunggara, and not Hangara. Eight of the family were 

 Rajas of Gwalior from Vira Sinha the contemporary of Taimur to 

 Vikramaditya, who fell on the field of Paniput, fighting against the 

 emperor Baber. You will find all these Rajas mentioned in Ferishta's 

 History at different times. 



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