The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.143

v3.c29.s2.143

There were thus, when Muslim rule was established both in Northern and in Southern India, four Gond kingdoms in Gondwāna—a northern kingdom with its capital at Garha; two central kingdoms with their capitals at Deogarh and Kherla; and a southern kingdom with its capital at Chānda. There are no materials for a detailed history of these kingdoms during the period of which we treat. The northern kingdom, known to the Muslims as Garha-Katanga, from its capital and another town, and afterwards as Garha-Mandla, was extended by Sangram Shāh, who succeeded about 1480, and developed the little state, consisting of four districts lying about Garha and Mandla, into a kingdom containing fifty-four districts, by annexing large portions of the Narbada valley, the districts now called Sangor and Dāmoh, and the present state of Bhopāl. He built the fortress of Chaurāgarh, he enriched his capital with buildings, and he obtained the fair Durgāvatī, daughter of the Chandel raja of Mahoba, as a bride for his son Dalpat, who succeeded him. The alliance suggests the origin of the Chandels.