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performed the funeral ceremonies and returned to Delhi. Bahadur 
Shah greatly mourned the death of the old warrior, and sent for his 
son to bestow on him a khilat and suitable rewards, but he was unable 
to come on account of illness. Within two years Ram Singh and 
Guman Singh also died, and the Rani of Ram Singh in 1746 installed 
Indarjit who was then a minor. She constructed the Sita. tal in 
Datia. The Mughal power was now rapidly declining. In 1748 Nam- 
Shankar 1 marched from the Deccan to invade Bundelkhand. The 
Raja was still but a mere child and the Mahratta general forced his 
ministers to surrender him pargana Bbanrer. Pargana Alampur 2 was 
at the same time given to Holkar. About 1819 Indarjit bestowed a 
jagir of 1| lakhs in Samthar on Debi Dhar Rajdliar, and at the same 
time much alms; he also heard the recitation of IS Puranas. He built 
the town of Indargarh 3 naming it after himself. He died in 1752 and 
his son Satarjit succeeded him. In 1788 when Mahajit Singh was 
going from the Deccan to Delhi, he met Satarjit on his way, and such 
a friendship sprung up between them that they treated each other as 
brothers. In 1793 Pundit Gopal Rao invaded Bundelkhand at Maha- 
daji Sindhia’s order, which however was approved by the Emperor 
Shah Alam. He first attacked Datia on the 13th Phagun (March 1794) 
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with 12 companies of infantry, 8,000 horse and 96 guns. The Raja 
came out from Datia with 10,000 foot and 30 guns. In three days 700 
men and eight chiefs of the Raja, and 7,000 men of Gopal Rao were 
killed or wounded. The Peshwa’s general at Jhansi, Sheo Rao Bhao, 
persuaded the Raja to purchase peace by promising the Pundit to 
present him with something which he said in reality he would not 
have to pay. At the same time he advised Gopal Rao to retire, which 
he said he could do without loss of glory. Both parties acted upon his 
advice, and fighting ceased, and Sindhia’s general returned to the 
Deccan. In 1797 Sindhia 4 again sent a force of 20,000 foot and 50 
guns under Ambhaji Inglia. This army reached Bhanrer and in the 
month of Phagun (March 1798) overcame and killed 200 horse and foot 
and five officers who held Kanjoli 6 on behalf of the Raja; the artillery 
was also captured. In Cheit (April) he besieged the Raja’s son who 
was in the fort of Seonrha 6 with a garrison of 12,000 men. For eight 
months the firing was incessant. Finally Sindhia’s force attempted to 
1 See p. 24. 
8 This pargana consists of several isolated portions imbedded in Gwalior terri¬ 
tory a short distance west of Jalaun district; and is still held by Holkar, 
2 In Datia, 12 miles N. N.-E. of Datia town. 
4 This must be Danlat Rao Sindhia, as Mahadaji Sindhia had died in 1794. 
2 A place in the neighbourhood of Indargarh. 
« In Datia on the Sindh River, 40 miles N,-E, of Datia. 
