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kingdom, which was worth 13 lakhs. It was agreed that Sohanpa 
should go to Kurar and pretend to accept Raja Naga’s conditions of 
inter-marriage, etc., and invite the Raja and his relatives to his house. 
Solianpal went to Kurar and did as agreed on. After a time Raja 
Naga, with his brothers and ministers, came to Sohanpal’s house, where¬ 
upon Panpal arrived with 300 Kshattris, and as soon as Raja Naga and 
his followers had sat down to eat Panpal Panwar and Solianpal Bundela 
fell upon and slaughtered all the Kanghar chiefs, and immediately 
seized the fort of Kurar. 
In this way on Wednesday the 2nd of Kartik Sambat 1345 (1288 
A,D.) Solianpal became Raja of Kurar, and appointed Panpal and 
Mukatman as ministers. He said to them :—“ As no Kshattri in the 
time of my distress gave me help except you no other save yourselves 
shall marry into my family.” 1 
Accordingly he gave his daughter in marriage to Panpal and as 
dowry a village named Itaura 8 , to his younger brother Dayapal as a 
jagir of one lakh. From this time the Kshattris were divided into 
three different classes of Bundelas, Panwars and Dhanderas. The total 
revenue of the whole Bundela territory was 26 lakhs of which half was 
possessed by Bir-Bal and the rest by Sohanpal. 
Sohanpal had two sons, Sahjendra and Ram, of whom the elder 
Sakjendra succeeded him in 1299. He also had two sons, Nanak Deva 
and Saunak Deva, of whom the former succeeded in 1326. His sons were 
Prithwi Raj and Indra Raj of whom Prithwi Raj succeeded in 1360. 
Prithwi Raj framed good laws for his subjects, subdued the Bundelas 
of Birbal’s and Dayapal’s families and performed a “ yag ” named 
Maheshri s in Kurar. He was blessed with two sons, Madnipal * and 
Kisab.. In 1400 Madnipal succeeded and left three sons named Arjun 
Deva, Mai and Bhimsen. On his death in 1443 the eldest Arjun Deva 
succeeded. The “ Kabpriya ” speaks highly of him as having had read 
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1 The account of the origin of the Bundelas and the overthrow of the Kanghar 
Raja of Kurar here given, is very different from, and much more creditable to the 
Bundelas than that given in the Gazetteer of the N.-W.P. (T, 20), whence it would 
. appear that the overthrow of the Kanghars preceded the origin of the Bundelas. 
The account given in Crookes “ Tribes and Castes ” (II, 163) is intermediate between 
the two, but would seem to be certainly incorrect as regards the mention of a Raja 
of Panna, as Panna was first made the seat of a Raja by Chatharsal about 1675 A.D. 
At this time that part of the country was in the hands of the Gonds. 
2 In pargana Jhansi, 13 miles E. N.-E. of Jhansi. 
3 A sacrifice of goats to Mahadeo after certain preliminary offerings and 
ceremonies. 
4 According to the Gazetteer N.-W.P. (I. 21). Ram Chand was the son of 
Prithwi Raj and Madnipal his son. 
