The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c19.s3.t3.2

v1.c19.s3.t3.2

Prof. Bhandarkar rightly identified this Sīhā, son of Seta, with Sīyā jī, the son of Setrām, the reported founder of the royal family of Jodhpur. The Rāṭhors of Jodhpur claim descent from the Rāṣṭrakūṭas of Kanauj (*Kanojīyā-Rāṭhoṛa*).¹ It is therefore very likely that this family was a branch of the line of Lakhaṇapāla, which, we have seen, ruled in Budaun and Kanauj probably as feudatories of the Gāhaḍavālas.² It may well be that after the destruction of this Rāṣṭrakūṭa line in the 13th century a scion of this family, possibly Seta, migrated to Rajputana and became the founder of the modern Rāṭhoṛs. As usual, the bards, mixing facts with fiction, represented him as connected with Kanauj and the famous Gāhaḍavāla prince Jayaccandra.³