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hills near Khizrabad, where this pillar was then standing. This 

 position at the foot of the Himalaya Mountains is specially referred to in 

 the record where Visala speaks of having made tributary all the regions 

 between Himavat and Vindhya. Muk-ji, the bard of the Khichi 

 Chohans, gives the date as S. 821, which, compared with Abul Fazl's 

 date, is probably too early. The author of the Araisli-i-mahfil says 

 that it was rather more than 1200 Samvat, that is, somewhat later 

 than A. D. 1143. The Kumaon and Garhwal manuscripts place it in 

 S. 1191, or A. D. 1134 ; but as they also place the final conquest of 

 the Muhammadans in S. 1231, or A. D. 1174, or just 19 years too 

 early, it seems probable that the capture of Dilli by the Chohans may 

 also be ante-dated by about the same number of years. Admitting 

 this view as probably correct, the capture of Dilli by the Chohans will 

 be referred to A, D. 1153. Lastly, by the list which I have already 

 given of the Tomar dynasty, the close of Anang Pal's reign is placed 

 late in A. D. 1151, or early in 1152, by accepting the longer reign 

 which is found in the Gwalior manuscript, 



40. By a comparison of all these dates with the period assigned to 

 the Chohan dynasty, it seems most probable that the true date of the 

 capture of Dilli by the Chohans must have been about A. D. 1152. 

 The period assigned to the Chohans varies from 40J years to 41f, By 

 deducting the latter number from. A D. 1193, the date of Moazuddin 

 Sam's conquest, we obtain A. D. 1152^ as the probable period of the 

 capture of Dilli by Visala Deva, when, according to the Kumaon and 

 Garhwal manuscripts, Chuwdn takht laitJia, Dilli Baj kiya, "the 

 Chohan sat on the throne and established his kingdom in Dilli." But 

 although Visala thus became the actual lord of Dilli, it is almost certain 

 that Anang Pal was left in possesssion of his ancient kingdom as a 

 tributary of the Chohan, while Somes wara, v^ho was either the son or 

 grandson of Visala, received Anang Pal's daughter in marriage. The 

 issue of this union, the famous Prithvi Baj, or Bai Pithora, became 

 the adopted son of the Tomar King, and was formally acknowledged 

 as heir to the throne of Dilli. According to the Prithvi-Bai- 

 Oharitra, this adoption took place in A. D. 1169, at which date 

 Prithvi Baj must have been about 16 years of age. Now, as the 

 bard Chand records that the adoption took place during the lifetime 

 of Anang Pal, this last of the Tomar Kings was still reigning in 

 A. D. 1069. We may therefore safely fix the close of his reign, at the 



