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and that Eehar Pal may be a corruption of the last two syllables of 

 Vigahar or Vigraha. The other names require no remarks. 



44. The reign of Prithvi Eaja has been rendered memorable by 

 three events which form separate parts of the rather voluminous work 

 of the bard Chand, named Prithvi Pdj Ghohan Rasa. The work is 

 divided into several Khands, or books, which are generally known by 

 the names of the subjects of which they treat ; thus, the Kanoj 

 Khand gives the story of the forcible abduction of the not unwilling 

 daughter of Jaya Chandra, the Eahtor Eaja of Kanoj ; while the 

 Mahola Khand relates the various fortunes of the successful war 

 with Parmdlik, or Paramdrdi Deva, the Chandel Eaja of Mahoba, 

 and the last books are devoted to the great struggle between the 

 Hindus and Musalmans, which ended in the final overthrow of 

 Prithvi Eaj, and the establishment of Kutb-uddin Aibeg on the 

 throne of Dilii as a dependant of the paramount Sovereign Muazuddin 

 Ghori. 



45. The date of the abduction of the Kanoj Princess may be assigned 

 with great probability to the year A. D. 1175, as we know from 

 inscriptions that Vijaya Chandra, the father of Jaya Chandra, was 

 still living in 1172, and that Jaya Chandra had succeeded to the throne 

 lefore 1177. This event cannot^ therefore, be placed earlier than 1175, 

 and as Prince Painsi, the issue of this union, was able to bear arms in 

 the last fatal battle with the Musalmans in 1193, in which he was 

 killed, it is not possible to place the date of the abduction later than 

 1175. 



46. The date of the great war with the Chandel Prince of Mahoba 

 is given in the Mahoba Khand of Chand's poem as Samvat 1241, or 

 A. D. 1184. My copy of this portion of the poem was obtained in 

 Mahoba itself, and I have every reason to believe in the correctness of 

 the year named, as it is borne out by two existing inscriptions of 

 Paramdrdai Deva, the Chandel Eaja, which are dated respectively in 

 Samvat 1224 or A. D. 1167, and S. 1241, or A. D. 1184. 



47. The date of the final conquest of Dilli by the Musalmans 

 is variously given by the different authorities. Thus, Ibn Batuta has 

 A. H. 584, or A. D. 1188 ; Abul Fazl has A. XL 588, or A. D. 1192 • 

 and Ferishta has A. H. 589, while Syad Ahmad has adopted A. IL 587. 

 The last date, however, is undoubtedly erroneous, as it is founded on 

 a misreading of the written date on the Eastern Gateway of the 



