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“ made low the kings, as Agastja made low the mountain ( i . e., the Vin- 
“ dhya mountains). Having conquered the southern country, speedily 
“ defeated the immense army of Kama [a break] verse 9. # * which was 
“ watered hy the flood of tears of the gazelle-eyed females of Malwa 
[a break] # # verse 10. His son Jay a Varmma Deva etc.” 
From the Mau-Chhatarpur inscription we infer, with I think certain- 
ty, that the name of the son of Bhumipala, alias Kirtti Varmma I, and the 
father of Kirtti Varmma II, alias Jayapala, was Sallakshana. I conclude 
therefore that the actual conqueror of Chedi was Sallakshana, while heir- 
apparent and acting under the orders of his father Kirtti Varmma I. 
The Kalinjar inscription just quoted shows clearly that Kirtti Varm¬ 
ma II, alias Jaya Varmma, cannot have been the conqueror of Chedi, for 
that prince was the grandson of Bhumipala. 
The fort of Deogarh, now in the Lalitpur district, lies so far to the 
south-west towards Malwa, that it probably was in general held by the 
kings of Chedi. I infer in consequence that the inscription of Kirtti at 
Deogarh, dated 1097 A. D., is the work of Kirtti Varmma I, the conqueror 
of Chedi, to whom also should be ascribed the formation of the lake known 
as the Kirat Sagar near the fort of Chanderi, which is only a few miles 
distant from Deogarh. 
The embankment of the lake bearing the same name at Mahoba is also 
probably the work of the same king. 
“ The people are unanimous” in referring the foundation of the town 
of Old Chanderi, 9 miles from the fort and more modern town, to the Chan- 
dels of Mahoba. General Cunningham was (though for no convincing 
reason) inclined to throw doubt on this tradition,* but I see no reason 
why it should be discredited, confirmed as it is by the names of the town 
and of the Kirat Sagar, and by the existence of the inscription at Deogarh. 
For the reasons given above I am convinced that Kirtti Varmma I, 
under whose orders the conquest of Chedi was effected, is the Kirat Brahin 
of Bundelkhand tradition. 
He is credited with having repaired the fortifications of Kalinjar, and 
with having constructed some of the buildings at Ajaigarh.f 
To this king also should be assigned the coins bearing the name of Kirtti 
Varmma, because coins are known of his grandson Kirtti Varmma II, alias 
Jaya Varmma, stamped with the name of Jaya Varmma. 
No coin of any kind is known to exist which can be assigned to any 
of the predecessors of Kirtti Varmma I, who appears to have been the first 
of the Chandels who coined money. 
The coins of him and his successors are extremely rare, and are imita- 
* Arch. Report, II, 402 and 405. 
f Ibid. VII, 47. 
