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source of the Sukur river. He continued himself to reside in the palace 

 of Mudun Mohul, a part of which still stands on the hill near Gurha t 

 and overlooks the great reservoir and temple in which he is believed 

 to have offered up to the god of truth so agreeable a sacrifice in the 

 blood of a base assassin. 



He was succeeded by his son Dulput Sa', who removed the seat of 

 government from Gurha to the fortress of Singolegurh, which is situat- 

 ed on the brow of a hill that commands a pass on the road about half- 

 way between Gurha and Saugor. This fortress is of immense extent, 

 and was built by raja Belo, a prince of the Chundele Rajpoot tribe, 

 who reigned over that country before it was added to the Gurha Mun~ 

 dala dominions ; but it was greatly improved on being made again 

 the seat of government. 



Overtures had been made for an union between Dulput Sa and 

 Durghoutbe, the daughter of the raja of Mohoba, who was much 

 celebrated for her singular beauty ; but the proposal was rejected on 

 the ground of a previous engagement, and some inferiority of caste on 

 the part of the Gurha family*. Dulput Sa was a man of uncommon- 

 ly fine appearance, and this, added to the celebrity of his father's 

 name and extent of his dominion, made Durghoutee as desirous as 

 himself for the union ; but he was by her given to understand, that 

 she must be relinquished or taken by force, since the difference of caste 

 would of itself be otherwise an insurmountable obstacle. He march- 

 ed with all the troops he could assemble, — met those of her father and 

 his rival, — gained a victory, and brought off Durghoutee as the prize 

 to the fort of Singolegurh. 



He died about four years after their marriage leaving a son Beer 

 Narain about three years of age, and his widow as regent during his 

 minority ; and of all the sovereigns of this dynasty, she lives most in 

 the page of history, and the grateful recollections of the people. She 

 formed the great reservoir which lies close to Jabulpore, and about a 

 mile from Gurha, and is called after her " Ranee tal,"or queen's pond. 

 One of her slave women formed the other that lies close by, and is called 

 after her " Cheree tal," or slave's pond. Tradition says that she 



* The Moboba family were Chundele Rajpoots, and their dominion had 

 extended over Singolegurh as above stated, and also over Belehree or the district 

 of Kanoja in which it is comprised. 



The capital of Belehree was Kondulpore, three miles west from the town of 

 Belehree- There is a stone inscribed by raja Mulun Deo on the dedication of a 

 temple at Kondulpore dated Saravat, 815, A. D. 758. He was one of the 

 Chundele rajas. 



