The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c6.s4.24

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Bundelkhand, dated 1118, recording his conquest of Mahoba from Paramardi, the Chandella king of Kalinjar¹. It is needless to refer to his war with the Paramaras of Abu, the Chalukyas of Gujrat or the Gahdvalas of Kanouj—the latter following his abduction of Jaichand’s (Jayachandra) daughter—for these rest on no better authority than the legendary and unreliable *Rasau*². He was undoubtedly a vigorous king though his claim to lord-paramountcy of North India requires substantiation. His relation with the neighbouring kings could hardly have been cordial which explains his single-handed resistance to the Muslim invader. We have no means of ascertaining the names of the feudatory princes who are said to have fought in his side against Muizzuddin³. It is probable that Govindarai (written Khandirai by the Muslim chronicler), and described as the Rai of Delhi, was his vassal and belonged to the Tomara dynasty.