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.s5.8

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Chandradeva's grandson, Govindachandra, was the greatest ruler of his dynasty. His contemporary in Kalinjar, Madanavarma was another equally aggressive prince who is said to have defeated the Paramaras of Malwa, and to have successfully crossed swords with Siddharaja of Gujrat¹. The ambition of these two rulers could find permanent satisfaction only at the cost of the weak Kalachuris. A part of the latter kingdom, comprising parts of Sagar, Damoh and Jubbulpur districts, was annexed to the Chandella kingdom². On the northwest, Govindachandra appropriated a goodly portion³. Towards the south, also, the Kalachuris suffered attacks from the Ganga kings of Orissa who attained the height of their power under Chodaganga (1076-1147). Hostilities with the latter are referred to in two inscriptions of a line of collateral Kalachuri princes of Tummana⁴, which led to prolonged warfare. The Gangas ultimately succeeded in reducing to vassalage the Kalachuri king Paramardi who is mentioned as fighting under the banners of Narasinha II (1278-1302)⁵. The dissolution of their kingdom even by the end of the 12th century is indicated by a grant, dated in 1214, wherein the Maharanaka of Kakkaredi, (modern Rewah), formerly a Kalachuri vassal, is found acknowledging Chandella paramountcy⁶. The last Kalachuri record so far discovered belongs to the year 1195 A.D.⁷.