1880.] 
Y. A. Smith —History of BundelJchand. 
13 
The Nunaura No. I inscription states that Vijaya Pala was succeeded 
by his son “ the devout follower of Mahesvara, the lord of Kalinjar, Sri 
Deva Yarmma Deva,” to whom the usual praise is given. 
Maisey’s No. II, Nilkanth inscription from Kalinjar has the following 
words in verse 7, (the preceding lines being illegible). “ Was born Bijaya- 
pala, from him sprang Bhumipala, who with his sharp sword destroyed 
many kings.” 
It is therefore evident that Kirtti Yarmma I, Deva Yarmma Deva, 
and Bhumipala, who are all recorded as having succeeded Yijaya Pala, were 
one and the same person. 
It is difficult to fix the length of the reign of this many-named prince; 
for, as will presently be demonstrated, there was a second Kirtti Yarmma, 
who may possibly be the Kirat Brahm of traditional fame. 
One date in the reign under discussion is certain, namely, that of the 
Nunaura No. I inscription, S. 1107 = 1050-1 A. D., and this date must be 
very near the beginning of the reign, for Ganda Deva was alive in 1023 
A. D., and two reigns intervene between Ganda and Deva Yarmma alias 
Kirtti Yarmma. We may therefore assume that the reign of the latter 
began in 1149 A. D., a date which must be very nearly quite correct. 
I believe his reign to have been, like that of Dhanga, exceptionally 
long ; for, after careful consideration of all the available evidence, I have 
come to the conclusion that Kirtti Yarmma I, and not Kirtti Varmma II, 
is the prince mentioned in the prologue to the Prabodha Chandrodaya as 
the conqueror of Chedi, and further that he is the Kirat Brahm of tradi¬ 
tion, and that the unpublished inscription cut on the rock at Deogarh in 
1097 A. D. is his work.* 
The defeat of Kama king of Chedi by Kirtti Yarmma Chandel is 
attested by two independent documents, the prologue to the Prabodha 
Chandrodaya, and.Maisey’s No. II Kalinjar inscription. 
Kama of Chedi was reigning (as the Benares copper-plate inscription 
shows) in 793 of the Chedi Samvat, equivalent to 1042 A. D.f and his 
reign seems to have extended till about 1075 A. D., or perhaps a few years 
later. 
The prologue to the Prabodha Chandrodaya distinctly ascribes the 
subjection of Kama to Kirtti Yarmma, but Maisey’s No. II inscription 
ascribes the defeat of “ the immense army of Kama” not, as might be 
expected to Bhumipala, the alias of Kirtti Varmma, but to Bhumipala’s 
son, whose name is missing from the inscription. 
The words are contained in verse 8, which follows verse 7 already 
quoted, apparently without any break. His (sc il. Bhumipala’s) “ son 
* Arch. Report, IX, 108. 
t Ibid. p. 82. 
