The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.115.1

v1.c20.115.1

But there are some strong objections to the supposition that all these names refer to one and the same person, *viz.*, Trilocanapāla. The name Barū-jaybāl first occurs in ‘Utbī’s account in connection with the description of Maḥmūd’s first expedition into the Ganges valley in 409 A. H.⁴ After describing the flight of Rājyapāla from Kanauj, he proceeds to give us the account of Maḥmūd’s subsequent conflicts in the same expedition with the other neighbouring princes. One of these was Chand Rāī and between him and Barū-jaybāl, we are told “there had been constant fights in which many men and warriors had fallen in the field;...at last they consented to peace, in order to save further bloodshed and invasion of their respective borders. Barū-jaybāl sought his old enemy’s daughter, that he might give her in marriage to his son Bhīmpāl, thus cementing the peace between them for ever, and preserving their swords within their sheaths. He sent his son to obtain the bride from Chand Rāī who imprisoned the son and demanded retribution for the losses which had been inflicted by the father.’¹ Now the author was here describing incidents which occurred before 410 A.H., and already by this time this Barū-jaybāl was to all appearances an independent prince and a contemporary of Rājyapāla with sons of marriageable age. This difficulty was probably present in the minds of S.