158 V. A, Smith & W. Hoey— Ancient Buddhist Statuettes [No. 2, 
of Sallaksana and liis successor in the office of minister, after the death 
of hisi father. 
And by way of introduction the inscription gives the genealogy 
of the king, and (in verses 14-24) that of his ministers. All that we 
learn regarding the former is that from Atri’s eye sprang the moon, 
and from the moon the Candratreya princes; that one of them was 
Madana-varmau, whose son was Ya^-varman, whose son again was the 
ruling prince Paramardi-deva.” 1 
This record alone informs us that Paramarddi, the Parmal of tradi¬ 
tion, although the immediate successor of the famous king Madana- 
varman, was yet the grandson, not the son, of that monarch. The 
order of regnal succession was certainly Prthivi-varman, Madana- 
varman, Paramarddi-varman, as given in the Icchawar plate and the 
Ajaygarh stone inscription of Vlia-varman. The lost Dahi copper-plate 
also gave the name of Madana-varman as that of Paramarddi-deva’s 
predecessor. It is evident that Ya^o-varman never reigned. 
The bardic lists (Arch. Rep. II, 449) all insert a Kirtti-varman 
between Madana and Paramardi. The words Yago and Kirtti being 
synonymous, the entry in the lists is probably due to a reminiscence 
that Paramardi was the grandson of Madana-varman. 
The latest known inscription of Madana-varman is dated S. 1220, 
= A.D. 1163. The earliest inscription of Paramardi is dated S. 1224, 
= A.D. 1167. It is, therefore safe to assume A.D. 1165 as the be¬ 
ginning of Paramardi's reign. 
The-Icchawar inscription is dated S. 1228, = A.D 1171. The 
reign of Paramardi ended in A.D. 1202, when he capitulated to Kutbu- 
d-din Ibak, dying before the surrender was effected. He was succeed¬ 
ed by Trailokya-varman, who temporarily delivered his dominions from 
the Muhammadan invaders. 3 Dr. Hoey possesses a unique copper 
coin of Trailokya-varman, which we hope to publish soon. 
1 Kielhorn, Batesvar Stone Inscription of Paramardi-deva , (Epigr. Ind. Vol. I. 
p. 20). In a note the editor points out that the label attributing the stone to 
Bate<jvar in the Agra district seems to be wrong, and that the inscription is probab¬ 
ly No. 52 of Cunningham’s list (Arch. Rep. XXI. p. 82), which was found in two pieces 
on the bank of the lake at Bagrari. There can be no doubt that the so called 
Batecjvar inscription is really that found at Bagrari, which like it had 2-A lines, and 
was in two pieces. A Candella stone inscription could not have been found near 
Agra. Bagrari is a village, in Bundelkliand. We have failed to discover its exact 
position. 
2 “ Then the prince Traildkya-varman ruled the kingdom, a very creator in 
providing strong places. Like Visnu, he was, in lifting up the earth, immerged in 
the ocean formed by the streams of Turuskas.” 1. 5 of Ajaigarh Inscription of Vira- 
varman (Epigr. Indica, Yol. I. p. 329). Professor Kielhorn’s excellent editions of 
several of the Candella inscriptions throw much light on the history of Bundel- 
khand, which requires to be revised. 
