102 
C. A, Silberrad— History of Western BundelTchand. [No. 2, 
In 215 Devanag, the last King of this dynasty, ascended the throne. 
Iu his reign Toraman, the general of Raja Gopal, who was a Kachhwaha 
by race invaded Eran 1 in 243 and conquered all countries from Bhopal 
to Eran. Toraman’s son subdued Gwalior at the same time. In 358 
Devanag abdicated and went to Narwar 2 and was succeeded by Sursen, 
who was a descendant of Toraman. He (Sursen) built the famous fort 
of Gwalior in 285. 
An ascetic told him that his descendants would govern the king¬ 
dom for 400 generations. Gwalior has been a capital since that time. 
The descendants of Sursen ruled over Central India for a long time. 
In 593 the Raja of Kanouj invaded the kingdom and conquered the 
whole except the cities of Gwalior, Chanderi and Narwar. But the 
Kachhwahas soon recovered their authority. But in the meantime 
Thakur Chandh succeeded in seizing several villages near Mahoba. 3 
The descendants of this Thakur were called the Chandels. 
The 84th and last Raja of the Kachhwaha dynasty was Tej-karan 
whom Dhandeva the historian calls Krishn Narain. About 933 the 
Paribar dynasty rose into importance and invaded and conquered 
Gwalior. Krishn Narain or Tej-karan left the capital and went to 
Dhundhar, 4 but his descendants removed their residence to Narwar 
and Indurki. 6 
The first King of the Parihar dynasty was Vajradama, who sub¬ 
dued Central India. Meanwhile the Chandels of Mahoba were gaining 
power. Vajradama was followed successively by Raja Kirat, Raja 
Bhuvanpal I and Raja Padhpal. In 1093 Bhuvanpal II succeeded 
Mahipal who, in 1161 was succeeded by Raja Madhusudan, but even 
before his accession the Chandels had got possession of the whole 
kingdom except Gwalior, which after his death fell into the hands of 
Toraar Thakurs in 1232. The events connected with Chandib and his 
descendants will now be chronicled. It has already been mentioned 
that during the reign of the Kachhwaha Thakurs Chandib got posses¬ 
sion of Mahoba and Kanouj, and while Kings of the Parihar dynasty 
were reigning his descendants over-ran the whole kingdom. 
After the death of Chandib his son Wakipat 6 assumed the title of 
1 In Sagar district (pargana Khemlasa), on the Bina river, 6 miles S. of Bina 
Eailway Station (I.M. Railway). (For an account of the ruins here see Cunning¬ 
ham’s Archaeological Reports). 
2 In Gwalior on the Sindh river 40 miles S -W. of Gwalior. 
8 One of the chief seats of Chandel rule in Hamirpur district. 
4 Near Jaipur. 
5 32 miles W. N.-W. of Jalaun in Gwalior State. 
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8 Probably identical with Yakpati, 
