The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c33.30

v2.c33.30

This inscription seems to show that these Tomaras were settled in the Karnal area and were in the employ of the Pratīhāra emperor Mahendrapāla. But, as Kielhorn noticed¹ long ago, it is impossible to be positive, "for Pṛthūdaka was a place of so great sanctity, that even pious men from distant countries may have built temples there; and if strangers did so, their inscriptions as a matter of course would mention the ruling king of the country." It is again impossible to venture any definite opinion about the relationship of these Tomaras with the Tomaras of Delhi who were defeated by the Cāhamānas. But in view of epigraphic fact and bardic tradition, which connect the Tomaras with Delhi, we may perhaps be allowed to guess that members of Jāula's family were residents of the area formerly known as the Delhi Division of the Punjab.