The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.259

v2.c29.s2.259

We know nothing of the political incidents of Vijayasimha's reign. The dates of his extant inscriptions extend from 1180 to 1195 A.D. It is not known definitely how long he ruled after 1193, or who succeeded him. The Kumbhi inscription mentions as one of his sons *Mahākumāra* Ajayasimha,³ who possibly succeeded his father after the latter's death. No records of Ajayasimha or any of his successors have so far been discovered. The Rewah grants of Trailokyavarman dated in 1240 and 1241 A.D.⁴ however, show that the northern portion of Baghelkhand at least had passed under the control of the Candellas in the first half of the 13th century. In the S.E., from the last quarter of the 11th century, the Chhattisgarh division had formed an independent state under the Tummāṇa branch of the Haihayas.⁵ North of the Bhanrer range the Muslim power gradually advanced into Saugor and the Damoh districts in the 13th century. This is shown by the *Batihagarh stone-inscription* dated in (*V.*)