The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.96

v3.c29.s2.96

The Rāthors were as prolific as they were unscrupulous, and wide as the lands were which they had obtained by violence and fraud, they were now insufficient for their support. Chonda, their eleventh chief, after suffering many vicissitudes, was able to assemble a large army composed entirely of the various clans of his tribe and to attack the Parihār prince of Mandor. He was victorious, and planted his banner ‘on the ancient capital of Maru.’