1881.] 
Y. A. Smith —History of Bundelkhand. 
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PART III. 
The Post-Ciiandel Period (1182-1352 A. D.) 
The period of Bundelkhand history between the capture of Mahoba 
by Raja Prithiraj in 1182 A. D. # and the rise of the Bundela power in 
the fourteenth century is extremely obscure, and has, for lack of materials, 
been passed over almost in silence by writers on the history and antiquities 
of Bundelkhand. 
I cannot pretend to recover very much of the forgotten history of this 
period, but a minute examination of local traditions, and collation of these 
with the few available historical authorities remove to some extent the 
darkness which has hitherto enveloped the history of Bundelkhand for 
about a century and a half. 
A curious error has been made by several writersf with regard to the 
date of Kutb-ud-din Aibak’s expedition into Bundelkhand, and, inasmuch 
as the discussion to follow requires the exact fixation of this date for a 
basis, I must first examine this point. 
General Cunningham asserts that the Chandel Raja Parmal was twice 
attacked and defeated by Kutb-ud-din Aibak. 
I propose to show that the assertion in question is based on a miscon¬ 
ception of the meaning of Farishta, the authority cited, and that in reality 
but one attack was made. 
General Cunningham’s words are :— 
“ After this (scilicet the Chauhan victory) Parmal reigned at Kalin- 
jar, where he was attacked by Kutb-ud-din Aibak, to whom he capitulated 
in A. D. 1196. 
“ He was again attacked and defeated in 1202, when Aibak, dismount¬ 
ing his cavalry, laid siege to Kalinjar.”J 
Particulars of the siege are then given, with a reference to Briggs’ 
Farishta, Volume I, pages 180 to 197. 
I have been much surprised, on consulting that work, to find that 
Farishta really speaks of but one expedition by Kutb-ud-din against Kalin- 
jar, that, namely, which took place in A. H. 599 = A. D. 1202. 
* This date is equivalent to 1239 Samvat and has been adopted by General Cun¬ 
ningham on the authority of an unpublished inscription of Prithiraj in his possession. 
The date is given sometimes as 1183 or 1181. 
f E. y., besides General Cunningham, by Elphinstone (Cowell’s edition, pp. 365- 
6) and N. W. P. Gaz. I, 527. 
X Arch. Survey Report, II, 456. For a discussion of the correct meaning and 
spelling of the word Aibak, and some remarks on the date of the expedition, see Mr. 
Blochmann’s paper in J. A. S. B., Yol. XLIY, Part I, pp. 277-279. 
