1837.] 



History of the Gurha Mundala Rajas. 



625 



Years. 



1 Jadoo Rae, An. Sam. 415, 

 reigned, 5 



2 Madhoo Singh, his son, 33 



3 Jugurnath, ditto, 25 



4 Ragonath, ditto, 64 



5 Roder Deo, ditto, 28 



6 Beharee Singh, ditto, 31 



7 Nursing Deo, ditto,.. 33 



8 Sooruj Buan, ditto, 29 



9 Bas Deo, ditto, 18 



10 Gopai Sa, ditto 21 



11 Bhopal Sa ditto 10 



12 Gopeenath, ditto, 37 



13 Ramchund, ditto, 13 



14 Soortan Singh, ditto, 29 



15 Hureehur Deo, ditto, 17 



16 Kishun Deo, ditto, 14 



17 Jugut Sing, ditto, 9 



18 Muha Sing, ditto, 23 



19 Doorjun Mul, ditto, 19 



20 Jeskurun, ditto, 36 



21 Pertapadit, ditto,... 24 



22 Juschund, ditto, 14 



23 Munohur Singh, ditto 29 



24 Gobind Singh, ditto, 25 



25 Ramchund, ditto 21 



26 Kurun*, ditto, 16 



27 Rutun Seyn, ditto, 21 



28 Kumul Nyne, ditto, 30 



29 Beer Singh, ditto, 7 



30 Nurhur Deo, ditto, 26 



31 Troo Bobun Rae, ditto, 28 



32 Prethee Rae, ditto, 21 



Years. 



33 Bhartea Chund, his son, reigned, 22 



34 Mudun Singh, ditto, 20 



35 Okur Seyn, ditto, 36 



36 Ram Subee, ditto, 24 



37 Tarachund, ditto 34 



38 Odee Singh, ditto, 15 



39 Bhun Mitter, ditto, 16 



40 Bhowany Das, ditto, 12 



41 Seo Singh, ditto, 26 



42 Hurnaraen, ditto, 6 



43 Subul Singh, ditto 29 



44 Raj Sing, ditto 31 



45 Dadee Rae, ditto, 37 



46 GorukDasf, ditto, 26 



47 Arjun Singh, ditto, 32 



48 Sungram Sa, ditto, 50 



49 Dulput Sa, ditto, 18 



50 Beernaraen, ditto 15 



51 Chunder Sa, his paternal uncle, 12 



52 Mudkur Sa, his son, 20 



53 Prem Naraen, ditto, 11 



54 Hirdee Sa, ditto, 71 



55 ChutterSa, ditto, 7 



56 Kesuree Sa, ditto, 3 



57 Nurind Sa, ditto, 44 or 54 



58 Mohraj Sa, ditto 11 



59 Seoraj Sa, ditto, 7 



60 Doorjun Sa, ditto,... 2 



61 Nizam Sa, his paternal uncle, 27 



62 Nurhur Sa, his nephew, son of Dhun 

 Singh, brother of Nizam Sa, but of a 

 different mother, , . . . 3 



63 Somere Sa, ditto, 9 months. 



At the close of the reign of Sungra'm Sa' the dominion of the 

 Gurha Mundala rajas extended over fifty-two districts, but it is 

 believed that he received from his father only three or four of these 

 districts. This prince formed near the city of Gurha the great reser- 

 voirs called, after himself, the Sungram Saugor ; and built on the bank 

 of it the temple called the Beejuna mut, dedicated to Bhyro, the god 

 of truth. Tradition says that a religious mendicant of the Sunneeasee 

 sect took up his residence in this temple soon after it had been dedi- 

 cated, with the intention to assassinate the prince in fulfilment of a 

 vow he had made to offer up the blood of a certain number of 

 sovereigns in sacrifice to Sewa, or the god of destruction. Taking 

 advantage of the superstitious and ambitious feelings of Sungra'm Sa 7 , 



* He built the temple and other works near Teoree whose ruins still bear his 

 name. Teoree is four miles from Gurha, and six from Jabulpore. There is a 

 stone inscribed by raja Kurun on the dedication of a temple at Jabulpore, 

 dated Samvat, 943, A. D. 886. 



f He built the town of GorucJcpore near Jabulpore, and another of the same 

 name in Burgee, 



