The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.s6.25

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The Kalachuri or Haihaya Rājas of Chedi are last mentioned in an inscription of the year A.D. 1181, and the manner of their disappearance is not exactly known; but there is reason to believe that they were supplanted by the Bāghēls of Rēwā. The Hayobans Rājpūts of the Baliyā district in the east of the United Provinces claim descent from the Rājas of Ratanpur in the Central Provinces, and probably are really an offshoot of the ancient Haihaya race. The later kings of Chedi used an era according to which the year 1 was equivalent to A.D. 248–9. This era, also called the Traikūtaka, originated in Western India, where its use can be traced back to the fifth century.³ The reason of its adoption by the kings of Chedi is not apparent.