The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.198

v2.c28.198

The Ajaigarh rock-inscription of Bhojavarman tells us that Sallakṣaṇa's 'sword took away the fortune of the Mālavas and the Cedis.'¹ We have seen that in the previous reign the revived Candella power was extending its influence on the Betwa. It is not unlikely therefore that Sallakṣaṇa may have carried out successful raids in the Paramāra territory in Malwa from the *Kīrti-giri-durga*. The contemporary Malwa king was most probably Naravarman (*c.* 1104 A.D.), the grandson of Udayāditya. The Cedi contemporary of Sallakṣaṇa was most probably Yaśaḥ-Karṇa (*c.* 1073-1125 A.D.), the son of Lakṣmī-Karṇa. It is difficult to decide who may have been the enemies of the Candella king in the *Antarvedī*. But if Sallakṣaṇa's objective in invading the Ganges-Jumna Doāb was to capture Kanauj he may have come into conflict with the Rāṣṭrakūṭa prince Gopāla or one of his predecessors who ruled over the city about this period.² As the Gāhaḍavāla Candradeva claims to have conquered Kanauj between *c* 1094-1104, it seems probable that the attempt of the Candellas to control the *Doāb* proved abortive.