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Report of the Archceological Survey, 



[No 4, 



The following lists give the names of all the Kings of this dynasty 

 according to the various authorities in my possession : — 



Mritunjaya 

 and Ward. 



Punjab, 

 M. S. 



Chandeki, 

 M.S. 



Sayid Ahmad. 



HWEN 



Thsang. 





Yrs. 





Yrs. 





Yrs 





Yrs. 



1 



IHpa Sinha 



27 



Dip S. ... 



17 



Dip S 



17 



Dip Sing ... 



17 





Rana S. ... 



. 22% 



Ran S.... 



14| 



Ran S. 



14* 



Ran Sing.. 



14 



Prakara Var- 

 dhana. 



Raja S. ... 



9i 



Raj S. ... 



9i 



Ram S. .. 



9* 



Raj Sing ... 



9 



Rajya ditto. 



VaraS. ... 



46 



Hari S. 



45 



Mitr S. ,.. 



45 



Sliir Sing 



. 45 



Harsha dittos 



Nara S. ,. 



25 



Nar S.... 



43 



BirS 



13 



Hara Sing 



13 







20i 



Jiwan ... 



8 





8 



Jiwan Sing 



7 





Total ... 



151 





137 





107 





105 





According to Sayid Ahmad the accession of Sliir Sing, who is the 

 Hara or Hari of the other lists, took place in A. D. 611, or within 

 four years of the date already obtained for Harsha Vardhana. 



255. In my account of Delhi I have given my reasons for believing 

 that Kanoj was the Capital of the Tomars down to the invasion of 

 Mahmud in A. D. 1021, immediately after the defeat and death of 

 Bdjd Jai Pal. Shortly after that date the small town of Bari to the 

 north of Lucknow became the Capital, until about A. D. 1050, when 

 the Tomars retired to Delhi before the growing power of the Bdhtors-. 

 Once more Kanoj became the Capital of a powerful kingdom, and the 

 rival of Delhi, both in extent and in magnificence. Here Jaya Chan- 

 dra, the last of the Bdhtors, celebrated the Aswamedha, or " Horse- 

 sacrifice •" and here in open day did Prithi Raja, the daring chief of 

 the Chohans, cany off the willing daughter of the Rdhtor King, in 

 spite of the gallant resistance of the two Ban afar heroes Alha and 

 Udal. The fame of these two brothers, which is fully equal to that of 

 Prithi Raja himself, is still preserved in the songs and traditions of 

 the people amongst the Chandels of Mahoba and the Bdhtors and 

 Chandels of the Doab. After the fall of Delhi in January, 1193, A. 

 D., Muhammad Grhori marched against Kanoj. Raja Jaya Chandra 

 retired before him as far as Benares, where he made his last stand, but 

 was defeated with great slaughter. The Raja escaped from the field, 

 but was drowned in attempting to cross the Granges. When his body 

 was recovered by the conquerors it was found that he had false teeth 



