1881.] 
Y. A.. Smith —History of Bundellchand. 
39 
Nana is described as belonging to the Kayath caste, and bis descent is 
traced for seven generations back, bis family being derived ultimately from 
the great Rishi Kasyapa. The residence of this family was at the famous 
city of Kausambi or Kosim on the Jumna, not many miles above Allahabad. 
Nana is praised in the following terms (vv. 24, 25). “ His fame had 
reached the ears of the women on all sides ; he was minister of the Chan- 
dratraya kings He was known by the name of Nana, teacher 
of the religious laws and wisdom to the above dynasties, he was learned 
and agreeable, requiring not the advice of allies when he sent his horse to 
the Raja Bhoja Varmma.” The genealogy of Nana is as follows 
Janha or Haruka 
i 
Jalhan 
j 
Gangadhara 
i 
Kamala 
i. 
Malika 
Padam Sinha Ratna Sinha Yoga Sinha Samara Sihha 
j, 
Nana. 
The compiler of the Gazetteer without hesitation identifies the Malki 
of Farishta with the Malika of the inscription, and goes on to say—“ On 
attaining the royal power, the Bhars were advanced to the dignity of 
Kayaths, and this fact is curiously borne out by inscriptions preserved in 
the old fort of Garhwa near Shiurajpur in the Allahabad District. # 
“ In addition to inscriptions of the Gupta princes of the second cen¬ 
tury, there are several others bearing date 1199 Sam vat (1142 A. D.) 
recording gifts made by the Kayath Thakurs of the neighbouring villages, 
and several statues, three of which are dedicated to the Hindu triad. 
Along with these is one of the well known bearded Bhar figures, which in 
appearance and workmanship is of older date than the statues of Vishnu, 
Shiva and Brahma, and is connected with a local Bhar dynasty by tradi¬ 
tion. 
“ Both the fort of Garhwa and the other old forts in the neighbour¬ 
hood well fulfil the description of the Musalman historian \_scilicet of 
Dalald-wa-Malaki’s fortress], hidden as they are among the outlying spurs 
of the Kaimor range, and it is worthy of remark that the principal village 
near Garhwa still bears the name of Bhargarh.” 
* Garhwa is 25 miles S. W. of Allahabad, 
