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V. A. Smith —History of Bund el Jchand. 
[No. 1, 
If the words of verse 14 of the Kalinjar No II inscription are to be 
literally taken, Madana Varmma pushed his victories as far west as Guze- 
rat, and Chand confirms the statement, but it is perhaps safer to believe 
that the conquest of Chedi which Madana Varmma really effected may 
have been exaggerated. The words of the Kalinjar inscription are “ He 
in an instant defeated the king of Gurjjara, as Krishna in former 
times defeated Kansa. He undertook an expedition to conquer the 
world. * * 
The undated Mau-Chhatarpur inscription records the conquest of 
Chedi by Madana Varmma. 
It will be remembered that Kirtti Varmma I had conquered Chedi in 
the reign of Kama Kulachuri, prior apparently to the year 1097 A. D. 
The Kulachuri power must have recovered in the early part of the twelfth 
century to render necessary the second conquest by Madana Varmma. 
The latest known inscription of the Kulachuris of Chedi is one of 
Vijaya Deva dated in 932 of the Chedi era- = 1181 A. D. General Cunning¬ 
ham (Arch. Rep. IX, 113) conjectures that the Chedi dynasty was over¬ 
thrown by the growing power of the Baghels of Rewa, but produces no 
evidence in support of his conjecture. 
It seems to be more reasonable to suppose that the decline of the 
Kulachuri dynasty of Chedi was due rather to the effects of the victories 
of the neighbouring Chandel king than to the rise of the Bagliel power to 
the east of t,he Chandel territory. The existence of a Kulachuri inscrip¬ 
tion, dated 1181 A. B., shows that the dynasty, though weakened, survived 
the Chandel attack. 
With reference to the conquest of Chedi by Madana Varmma a pas¬ 
sage in Colonel Sleeman’s writings is interesting. He writes about Singol- 
garh, “ This fortress is of immense extent, and was built by Raja Belo, 
a prince of the Chundele Rajput tribe, who reigned over that country 
before it was added to the Gurha Mundala dominions,” and in a note he 
adds: “ The Mahoba family were Chundele Rajputs, and their dominion 
had extended over Singolegurh, as above stated, and also over Belehri, 
or the district of Kanoja in which it is comprised. The capital of Belehri 
was Kondulpore, three miles west from the town of Belehri. There is a 
stone inscribed by Raja Mulun Deo on the dedication of a temple at 
Kondulpore dated Samvat 815, A. D. 758. He was one of the Chundele 
Rajas.” 
General Cunningham in his account of Bilhari and the surrounding 
country makes no mention even of the existence of such a place as Kondal- 
pur, nor does he seem to have looked for the inscription said by Col. 
Sleeman to exist there. 
He throws doubt on the facts recorded on the authority of tradition 
