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[No. 1, 
V. A. Smith —History of Bundelkhctnd. 
General Cunningham informs me that he possesses “ inscriptions of 
Yaso Yarmma’s grandchildren,” but nothing lias been published concerning 
these documents. 
(VII.) JDhanga. ( Date circa 950-999.) 
The earliest dated inscriptions of the Chandel dynasty, as yet discover¬ 
ed, belong to the reign of Dhanga.* 
Three undoubted dated inscriptions of this prince are known, viz .,— 
(1.) The Ckaturbhuj inscription at Khajuraho, dated S. 1011 = 954 
A. D. 
(2.) The Nunaura No. II inscription, dated S. 1055 = 998 A. D. 
(3.) The Lalaji inscription at Khajuraho, dated S. 1056 = 999 A. D. 
which records Dhanga’s death in that year. 
The short inscription, dated S. 1011, on the doorpost of the Jinanath 
temple at Khajuraho appears to contain Dhanga’s name, but the reading is 
doubtful. 
An inscription, now apparently lost, which General Cunningham found 
at Mahoba, gave the Chandel genealogy from Dhanga to Kirtti Varmma, 
that is, 1 presume, to Kirtti Varmma I. 
The Mau-Chhatarpur inscription without date may have contained 
Dhanga’s name at the beginning where the stone is imperfect, and his 
name is expressly mentioned in verse 21, which tells us that his minister 
was named Prabhasa. 
* 
In 999 A. D., according to the Lalaji inscription, his minister was 
Yasondhara. 
The Raja of Kalinjar, who, in common with the Rajas of Dehli, Ajmir 
and Kanauj, assisted Raja Jaipal of Lahore in his unsuccessful invasion 
of Ghazni, and at the battle of Lamghan in the Peshawar valley in 978 
A. D., must necessarily have been Dhanga. 
The beginning of the Mau-Chhatarpur inscription states that the king 
eulogized, “having overcome the king of Kanyakubja (Kanauj), chief 
“ amongst all in battle, obtained sovereignty” ; but here the name is lost, 
and it is uncertain whether the reference is to Dhanga, or to his successor 
Ganda, who certainly did conquer Kanauj. 
The Lalaji inscription asserts that Dhanga kept prisoners the consorts 
of the Rajas of Kasi (Benares), Andhra (Telingana ?) Anga (West Bengal) 
and Radha ( ? ), and that he had in attendance the kings of Kosala 
(North Audh ?), Kuntala (Ballari ?), Kratha (Berar ?), and Sinhala 
(Ceylon). 
These boasts are plainly exaggerations, but it is evident that Dhanga 
was the most powerful of the early Chandel kings. 
* For list of Chandel inscriptions with full references vide post. 
