Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.t1.103

v1.c20.t1.103

Nine princes intervened between Bappa and Sakti Kumar, in two centuries (twenty-two years to each reign): just the time which should elapse from the founder, who ‘abandoned his country for Iran,’ in S. 820, or A.D. 764. Having thus established four epochs in the earlier history of the family, viz.—1 Kanaksen, A.D. 144; 2, Siladitya, and sack of Valabhi, A.D. 524; 3, Establishment in Chitor and Mewar, A.D. 720; 4, Sakti Kumar, A.D. 1068;² we may endeavour to relieve this narrative by the notices which regard their Persian descent [232].