1881.] 
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portance. The hill was fortified, and on the top there is a Chandel temple, 
of the usual shape, very plain, with no figures carved on the stone as at 
Gulrampur. # The temple and colonnade are very little injured, but the 
only inscriptions are on stones at the entrance, and are no doubt of later 
date. To the east of the temple is a baithalc built of unusually large stones, 
roughly but well fitted ; the surface of many of the stones is about three 
feet square. 
“ Oldest Rasan was on the slope of the hill; there are still remains 
of houses, and towards the plain there is a gateway made of stone taken 
from old buildings.” 
These notes, I think, indicate that the buildings at Itasan are older than 
the highly decorated edifices at Khajuraho of the 10th and lltli cen¬ 
turies, and so far confirm the statement that the city was founded by 
Rahila. 
The Rahilya Sagar and the fine, but much injured, cruciform granite 
temple on its embankment near Mahoba are undoubtedly the work of 
Rahila, and their existence proves that he held Mahoba as well as Ajaigarh 
and Kalin jar. 
Kokalla I the Kulaehuri king of Chedi ( i . e., the country round Jabal¬ 
pur) married a Chandel princess named Nanda Devi,f who was probably 
the daughter either of Rahila or of his predecessor Yijaya. 
I may take this opportunity of noting that the dynasty generally 
known as Chandel (Chandella) is in some inscriptions, e. g., the Lalaji in¬ 
scription at Khajuraho, called Chandratreya, a name which might also be 
applied to the Kulaehuri kings, for they too pretended to trace their de¬ 
scent back to the moon through the mythical Atri.J 
(Y.) Harsha. (Probable date 910-930.) 
This prince is mentioned in the Lalaji, Chaturbhuj and Nunaura 
No. II inscriptions. 
The Lalaji inscription informs us that he was a great conqueror, and 
that he married Kankuta of the race of Ganga, but we know nothing 
more. 
(VI.) Ydso Varmma. ( Probable date 930-950.) 
This prince was the son of Harsha, and is mentioned in the same in¬ 
scriptions. 
His consort was Narma Devi. 
* Gulrampur also is in Pargana Badausa. The antiquities there have not been 
described. 
f Arch. Raport, IX, 83* 
J Ibid. p. 101. 
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