1881.] 
V. A. Smith — History of Bundelklumd. 4i) 
There were eight Rajas of Kanauj— 
Shiuraj Deo founded Shiur&j- 
pur, Rdjd. From this 
branch descended 
the j Rdwat of Onha, 
pargana Shiuli. 
Sabhajit. 
Gyas Deo. 
Ghansyam Deo. 
Bihr Deo. 
Lahr Deo. 
Sup Deo. 
Bas Deo. 
Khakh Deo. 
Dham Deo. 
Pat Deo founded Pachor, 
Rdwat. From this 
branch descended 
the Rdna of Sakrej, 
pargana Shiuli. 
Lag Deo founded Sapahi, 
Rao. From this branch 
descended the Rdwat 
of Rawatpur, pargana 
Bithur. 
3. From thence a migration was made to Radhan, where are the 
remains of a large fort, and thence to Shiuraj pur, of which settlement the 
Persian manuscript gives the following account: — 
“ Shiuraj Deo founded Shiuraj pur and called it after his own name, so 
that from Kumaun to Karra (Manikpur) the whole country of Kanauj 
was in his possession. Since the rule of the Muhammadans had been es¬ 
tablished now for some time, all the Rajas and great men of the country 
attended the emperor’s court, and amongst them Shiuraj Deo, regarding 
whom it was ordered that leaving Kanauj” (where he was probably too 
strong) “ he was to reside in Tappa-Radhan and Bilhat, in the pargana 
of Bithur, where is ‘ Sita Rasoi.’ Shiuraj accordingly obeying the emperor’s 
order left the fort of Kanauj and, first building a fort in Radhan, lived 
there; and afterwards founding Shiurajpur, he established his rule there. 
While he lived in Kanauj he had soldiers, horse and foot, numerous as the 
waves of the sea, so that to enumerate them is impossible. They say that 
when the Raja went for a short time to Karra, horsemen carried to him 
the betel-leaf prepared for him daily in his home before the hour of 
midday meal.” 
4. The Gautams (vide Elliot’s Glossary) are said to have bestowed 
on the Chandels the 62 villages which afterwards formed the Raja’s taluka 
under our settlements; but there is no mention of this source of the 
Chandel dynasty in either manuscript. It is most probable that like other 
tribes they were encouraged by grants of land from the emperor to expel 
the turbulent Meos. 
5. Of the principal branches of the Chandel clan shown above, the 
Pachor branch is extinct, and the Sakrej branch practically so. The Onha 
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