The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c33.21

v2.c33.21

On the basis of these inscriptions we may perhaps conclude that the Cāhamāna Vīsaladeva conquered Delhi from the Tomaras sometime before 1164 A.D. and that it was the Tomaras who really founded Delhi. The capture of Delhi by Vīsaladeva in the middle of the 12th century was probably the culmination of a series of struggles between the Tomaras and Cāhamānas. This is revealed by the Harṣa stone-inscription of Vigraharāja, dated in V.S. 1030 (A.D. 973).⁷ We are told that his great-grandfather Candana (*c.* 900 A.D.) secured the fortune of victory by slaying on the battlefield the proud Tomara lord (*Tomareśa*), king (*bhūpa*) *Rudrena*.⁸ The struggle between Tomara and Cāhamāna did not apparently cease with the death of Rudrena. For we are told further on in the same inscription that Siṁharāja (*c.* 950 A.D.) Vigraharāja's father, defeated another Tomara leader (*Tomara-nāyaka*).⁹