1865.] Corns of the Nine Nagas-. 127 



Rev.— Legend in three lines ^^IW^ 3- ^U- Sri-Mad Asala 

 Deva, £.1311. 



14. All my researches have failed to discover any trace of the first 

 of these princes, but I have found the name of Ghdhada Deva in two 

 different inscriptions, as well as in Ferishta's history. In the year 

 A. H. 649, or 1251 A. D., the historian relates that Naser-ud-din 

 Mahmud, the king of Delhi " proceeded to the siege of Narwar. The 

 Raja Jdhir Dew, having lately constructed the fort on the summit 

 of a rock, prepared to defend it to the last. He accordingly marched 

 out to oppose the Muhammadans, with 5,000 horse and 200,000 foot. 

 This immense host being defeated with great slaughter, the place was 

 invested and reduced to surrender after a few months' siege." In 

 Dow's translation the Raja is called Tdhir Deo, and under this name 

 he is entered in Prinsep's tables, but with the date of A. D. 1251 trans- 

 posed as 1215, and the name of Narwar erroneously referred to 

 Nahrwara, or Anahvdra-patan, in G-ujarat. The inscriptions which 

 mention Ghdhada Deva are dated in S. 1348 and 1355 or A. D. 1291 

 and 1298, but the first refers apparently to a younger son and the 

 second to a grandson. 



15. Of the third prince named Asala Deva, I can find no trace in 

 history, but he is mentioned in the Narwar inscription of S. 1355 as 

 the son and successor of Ghdhada Deva, and I found his name on a 

 Sati pillar at Rai, with the date of S. 1327 or A. D. 1270, at which 

 time he was the reigning sovereign. The beginning of his reign is 

 fixed in the year S. 1311 by the agreement of the date of his father's 

 latest coins with that of his own earliest coins. The following table 

 gives the chronology of these three princes as determined from various 

 sources : — 



A ccession. 



Samvat. A. D, 



1. Malaya Varmma Deva, 1267 1210 Coins S. 1280 odd, 82 & 1290 odd. 



2. Chfthada Deva, 1292 1235 Coins S. 1303 to 1311. Ferishta 



A. D. 1251. 



3. Asala Deva, 1311 1254 Coins S. 131 1 to 1330 odd. 



1336 1279 Inscription, S. 1327. 



All the inscriptions referring to these Narwar princes, will be duly 

 transmitted to Babu Rajendralala Mitra in the hope that he will 

 kindly undertake their translation. 



