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3. Chandra Deva * A. D. 



4. Madanapala Deva. 1097.f 



5. Govindachandra Deva. JL120J and 1125.§ A. D. 



6. Vijayachandra Deva. 1163. || 



7. Jayachandra Deva. 1177, 1179,^[ and 1186. * 



With Jayachandra, who died about 1193, his dynasty closes ; at 

 least so far as concerns Kanoj. But this prince, it should appear, 

 left an heir, whose son, S'ivaji, only seventeen years after the death 

 of his grandsire, attracts attention as the first Raja of Jodhpur.f 

 The father of S'ivaji, the only link required to connect him with 

 Jayachandra, was S'wetaraya ; if dependence may be placed on the 

 pedigreej of the chiefs of Marwad, here appended. 



one with Yas'ovigraha. But it appears as if he died childless ; and mention is 

 wanting that he adopted an heir. Journal of the As. Soc. of Bengal, for 1841, 

 pp. 668 seq. 



If the Vigraha of the inscriptions at Old Delhi is the same with the Visala 

 whom they record, his era was as late as 1163 ; and he was contemporary with 

 Vijayachandra of Kanoj. 



* Prof. Wilson, on the latest occasion of his recapitulating the rulers of the 

 family in discussion, inadvertently reduces them from seven to six, besides con- 

 verting Mahichandra into Mahipala. The individual omitted is Chandra Deva, the 

 first person in his line, of any recognised importance. It was he that conquered 

 Kanoj ; and we have yet to learn that his ancestors, Yas'ovigraha and Mahichan- 

 dra, were persons of regal rank. See Ariana Antiqua, p. 435. 



t See the first of the ensuing inscriptions. 



X See the As. Res., Vol. XV., p. 447. 



§ See the latter of the inscriptions in this paper. 



|j See Colebrooke's Miscell. Essays, Vol. II., p. 286. 



The Tarachandi inscription, which is dated in the Samvat year corresponding to 

 A. D. 1172, refers to Vijayachandra by name and title. It is not clear, however, 

 from this memorial, whether he, or his son, was reigning at that time. Most pro- 

 bably it was the son : and it is positive that it was he, if we may credit the Mar- 

 wad chronicles ; as they place the death of Vijayachandra in 1168. See Cole- 

 brooke's Miscell. Essays, Vol. II., pp. 289, 295, and 296. Also Journal of the 

 As. Soc. of Bengal, for 1834, pp. 341 and 342. 



*[f For the first two dates see the As. Res., Vol. XV., pp. 446, 447, 450 and 

 460. 



* See Journal of the As. Soc. of Bengal, for 1841, pp. 98, 100 and 103. 



f In A. D. 1210. Useful Tables, Part the Second, p. Ill ; after Col. Tod. 

 X In eleven Sanskrit couplets ; for a copy of which, as of his own composing 



