The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.302

v2.c28.302

In its present state, the work of Cand certainly contains much unhistorical matter. But the authenticity of his account of the hostility between Pṛthvīrāja and Paramardi is borne out by the two Madanpur inscriptions referred to above (No. 6), which distinctly refer to the devastation of the territories of the latter by the former in about 1182-83 A.D. It is also not unlikely that Jayccandra may have really assisted the Candellas in their struggles, for the Mau inscription indicates friendly relations between Paramardi's grandfather and the Gāhaḍavālas. There is at present no definite means to find out how long the Cāhamānas retained their hold on the western portion of the Candella territory; but if the title *Daśārṇādhipati* given to Paramardi in one of his Kālinjar inscriptions is not a mere boast, he may have recovered a substantial portion of his territories some time before A.D. 1201. But before he could consolidate his position, his territories were again invaded by a more formidable foe. The *Tāj ul-Ma’āthir* of Ḥasan Niẓāmī (1205-17 A.D.) gives the following account of the conflict of Quṭb ud-Dīn Aibak with ‘the accursed Parmār the Rai of Kālinjar.’