Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c19.13

c19.13

The Rajas of Chedi are mentioned in the inscriptions of the neighbouring kings from A.D. 520 downwards. But the earliest Prince mentioned in their own inscriptions is Kokalla I., the contemporary of Bhoja of Kanauj, whose dates we know to have ranged from A.D. 875 to 900. From his time down to the close of the dynasty, the Kalâchuri Princes played a principal part in the history of Central India. Their capital was at Tripura, now Tewar, six miles to the west of Jabalpur. But there was an eastern branch of the family which ruled at Ratanpur, of whom very little is at present known. A list of the Rajas of this family is given in the Gazetteer of the Central Provinces. Some of the names correspond with those found in the inscriptions; but the dates are all wrong, as they have been referred to the Samvat of Vikramâditya, instead of to the local Chedi era of the country.