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Raja and annexed Ajegarh. His son Bijai conquered Chatharpur,* 
Man, 1 2 * Chanderi, etc., and was succeeded in order by Jaso-Dharm Deva, 
Bijaipal, and Kirat-Yaram. The last King Kirat-Yaram, wrested Panna 
and Shahgarh s from the Gonds. After Kirat-Yaram, Jaya-Yarma, 
Solakshan and Prithur-Yarma ascended the throne in succession. In 
1118 Govind-Chand succeeded Prithwi-Yarma and subdued the whole 
of Central India subverting the Parihar dynasty which at that time 
retained possession of Gwalior and a few other villages only. 
Nar-Yaram succeeded in 1163 and was followed in 1167 by Parmol. 
In 1209 Narhar succeeded, in whose reign the Gonds, Lodhis, Ahirs and 
others rose and divided the kingdom, and the dynasty was consequently 
enfeebled. The last King was Bhoj-Yaram, grandson of Parmol, whose 
reign was a continual struggle with rebels, by whom he was sometimes 
defeated and whom he at others subdued. During his nominal reign 
Bir Bundela rose into power and got possession of Mau, 4 * Mahoni, 6 Kalpi 
and Kalinjar. He repeatedly defeated Bhoj-Yarma and finally over-, 
threw the Chandel dynasty. 
Several buildings of the time of the Chandels are still found in 
Kalinjar, Mahoba, Deogarh e and Madanpur 7 bearing inscriptions in 
Hindi. 
After the overthrow of the Chandel dynasty that of the Bundelas 
was established. It is said that long before this Gharwar Kshattris, 
who were Suraj-bansis by descent ruled in Kashi (Benares). The last 
King of Gharwar was Chait-karan whom Krishn-narain calls Birbhadr. 
In the Bundel-Charita it is stated that the total revenue of his kingdom 
was one crore of rupees. 
Birbhadr had five sons :—(1) Ishri, also called Raj Singh, (2) 
Hansraj, (3) Mohan, (4) Man, and (5) Jagdas or Pancham. The last 
was his father’s favourite. In his lifetime the Raja divided his king¬ 
dom among his five sons giving half to the four elder, and half to 
1 Probably the capital of the State in the Bnndelkhand Agency of that name. 
8 Probably the town 10 miles N.-W. of Chatharpnr. 
8 A town in the Sagar district (pargana Shahgarh) 40 miles N.-E. of Sagar. 
* Said by the author to be probably Mau-Ranipur in the pargana of that name 
(district Jhansi), 40 miles E. of Jhansi, but I am rather inclined to believe it is the 
Mau mentioned in note 14. 
6 As to this place I am not sure, there is a Mahoni in Gwalior adjoining a Mau 
in Jalaun district on the Pahnj 23 miles S.-W. of Jalaun Town. 
® In pargana Balabehat (district Jhansi) 19 miles S.-W. of Lalitpur, on the 
Betwa, for an account of the ruins, see Cunningham’s Archaeological Reports and 
Babu Chandar Mukarji’s Report on the Antiquities of Lalitpur. 
7 In pargana Maraura (district Jhansi) 36 miles S.-E. of Lalitpur—for an 
account of its Antiquities, see the works quoted in note. 
