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We know nothing of the events of his reign, hut it may be assumed 
that he was the leader who wrested Mahoba from the Parihars. 
(II.) Vakpati. (Probable date 850-870.) 
Mentioned only in the Lalaji and Chaturbhuj inscriptions. 
Nothing positive is known of his reign, but it should be noted that Bhoja 
king of Kanauj held the fort of Chanderi in 862 A. D., # and that that 
position was consequently not in possession of Vakpati. 
(III.) Yijaya. (Probable date 870-890.) 
Mentioned only in the same inscriptions as Vakpati, and nothing 
definite is known about him ; he is called a “ great conqueror” in the Lalaji 
inscription. 
(IV.) Pdhila. (p robable date 890-910.) 
Bahila, like Vijaya and Vakpati, is mentioned in the Lalaji and Chatur¬ 
bhuj inscriptions only, among the longer extant documents, but his name is 
found graven on several of the stones of one of the temples at Ajaigarh, 
and he is the reputed builder of some of the tanks and temples at that 
fortress.+ 
We may therefore infer that in his time the Chan del dominions in¬ 
cluded Ajaigarh, and there can be little doubt that from the first they 
included the neighbouring stronghold of Kalinjar, which is associated by 
tradition with the beginnings of Chandel greatness. 
Up to the time of Parma?s defeat in 1182 A. D. the Chandel kingdom 
seems to have always included Mahoba, Kalinjar and Khajuraho. It 
cannot be far from the truth to assert that Kalinjar, with its celebrated 
fortress, was the military capital; Khajuraho, with its multitude of tem¬ 
ples, the religious, and Mahoba, with the Baja’s residence, the civil capital 
of the Chandel State. 
In the inscriptions, so far as I am aware, the Bajas always take the 
title of “ lord of Kalinjar.” 
Chand describes Bahila as a great conqueror, whose victorious arms 
penetrated to Ceylon, but this is of course an absurd exaggeration. 
The poet also ascribes to him the foundation of Basan in Pargana 
Badausa, distant about 20 miles N. E. from Kalinjar, and on this point the 
poet may be right, for Basan is undoubtedly ancient. As the place has 
not been described at length, I may take this opportunity of inserting some 
notes about the antiquities there, kindly communicated to me by Mr. 
A. Cadell, who writes : “ It had evidently been at one time a place of im- 
* Arch. Report, IX. p. 102. 
f Ibid. VII, 41. 
