History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s14.20

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His descendants ruled in Nadul and were usually feudatories of the Chalukya king of Gujarat in whose behalf they usually fought. Thus one of these Āsarāja fought with Malwa as a general of Kumārapāla. He was a great prince, built many tanks and temples and patronised learned men. The present Bundi and Kota ruling families are descended from Mānikarai younger son of this prince (Gaurishankar’s Tod p. 408). Two inscriptions of his son Alhaṇa and of his grandson Kelhaṇa have been found dated 1209 and 1224 St. (1152 and 1167 A. D.). Kelhaṇa’s younger brother Kirtipāla was a famous chief. He was in the Hindu army which defeated Shihabuddin Ghori below Abu. He possessed Jalor and other forts. But Kutub-uddin attacked Jalor and Altamash attacked Mandawar and in both places he must have opposed the Mahomedans. In the days of the last prince Kanhaḍa-deva, Jalor was attacked by Allauddin (Gaurishankar’s Tod p. 40).