1860.] Literary Intelligence. 895 



inscription genealogy which begins witli him (see Price's translation 

 of this inscription in the 12th vol. Asiatic Kesearches). 



" The Kajraha inscription mnst of course be revised — bnt I possess 

 an earlier and equally long inscription of Dhanga, dated in Samvat 

 1011 or A. D. 954, just forty-five years prior to the other which 

 records his death. A third long inscription refers to Sri Kokalla ; 

 but the date, I think, preclndes the possibility of this referring to 

 the great fonnder of the Kuláchnri Haihayas. 



" Of the Gwalior inscriptions one of the most interesting is a record 

 of Bhoja Deva, dated in 933 Samvat — -both in words and figures = 

 A. D. 876. As this date agrees with that assigned to the great 

 Bhoja of Malwa by Kalhan pundit, viz. A. D. 883 — 901, there can 

 be little hesitation in attribnting this inscription to the famous 

 Bhoja — (N. B. The form of the figure 9 in this date is the same as 

 that which Kájendralal has read as 7.) There are many interesting 

 inscriptions of the Kachwáhas and Tomaras of Gwalior — which will 

 aíford a sketch of the destinies of the fortress from about A. T>. 800 

 down to the present time. A poem which I possess by the Bard 

 Kharg R-ai connects the last Kachwáha prince of G-walior with the 

 founder of the Kachwáha dynasty of Amber ( Jaipoor) . The traditions 

 still preserved at Narwar connect that large fortress with the same 

 prince. Tod calis him Dula Rao — but that was not his ñame. 

 He was called Teg-Pál, and lost his ancestral kingdom by his absence 

 for two years in Rajputána, where he went to fetch his bride. The 

 beauty of the bride and the dalliance of the 'bridegroom' (dulha) 

 are celebrated by the poet ; and tradition still preserves the story of 

 the loss of his kingdom by Dulha Rao, or the ' Bridegroom Prince.' 



" Amongst the latest illustrations of the fortunes of the G-walior 

 family, I may refer to the Sanskrit inscription which was placed over 

 the Kathantiya gate of the fort of Rohtás. (See Journ. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, Sept. 1839.) In this the family is called Tomara, and not 

 Tuar, as by Tod. The ñame of the 4th prince has been misread : 

 it should be Dunggara, and not Hangara. Eight of the family were 

 Rajas of Gwalior from Vira Sinha the contemporary of Taimúr to 

 Vikramaditya, who fell on the field of Pániput, fighting against the 

 emperor Baber. You will find all these Rajas mentioned in Ferishta's 

 History at difieren t times. 



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