History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c19.s1.15

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Lastly, there are indications that the ambitions of the Cāhamāna king Vigraharāja Visaladeve of Sākambharī brought him into conflict with Vijayacandra. An inscription dated in Vikrama samvat 1220 or A. D. 1164, which is engraved on the Delhi-Siwalik pillar or Firoz-Kotla's Lāt, boastfully records that Vigraharāja "made tributary the land between the Himālaya and Vindhya,”¹ while another found at Bijolia (Mewar) specifically credits him with the conquest of Delhi.² Similarly, the Delhi Museum inscription mentions that Delhi was for some time “the residence of the Cāhamānas until it was conquered by the Mleccha Sahābādīn” (Sihab-ud-Din).³ If, therefore, the Gāhadavāla suzerainty had extended upto Delhi in the time of Candradeva, as we have surmised above, we may be sure that during the course of these expeditions Vijayacandra must have suffered defeat at the hands of Vigraharāja.