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borne by the Chohân princes his issue : slain by the Mosque invaders
under Abu'l Aâs).⁹
Harsharâja or Harihara Râi (defeated Naziru'd-dîn [qu. Subakte-
gin ?], thence styled 'Sulṭângrâha').
Bîr Bîllandeva, (Balianga Râi or Dharmagachha; slain defending
Ajmer against Mahmud of Ghazni).
Bisaldeva (classically Vîśaladêva); his period from various
inscriptions, S. 1066 to S. 1130.
Saraṅgadêva, his son (died in nonage).
Âna Deva (constructed the Ânâ Sâgar at Ajmer, which still bears
his name), his sons—
Jayapâla or Jayasiṁha (A.D. 977) father of—
Hursapâl (Hispâl of Ferishtah).
Ajaya Deva or Anandeva, son of Jayapâla (A.D. 1000); Bijyadeva
and Udayadeva were his brothers.
Someśvara, son of Ajaya Deva, married Rukâbâi, the daughter of
Anangapâla of Dehli. His brothers were Kanharâi and Jaitrasiṁha,
Goelwâl Kanharâi's son Îśvaradâs turned Muhammadan.
Pṛithvî Râja (A.D. 1176), son of Someśvara, obtained Dehli; slain
by Shahâbu'd-dîn, S. 1249, A.D. 1193.
Reṇasî (A.D. 1192), son of Pṛithvirâja, slain in the sack of Dehli.
Vijayarâja, son of Châhaḍadeva, the second son of Someśvara
(adopted successor to Pṛithvirâja; his name is on the pillar at
Dehli).
Lâkhansî, son of Vijayarâja, had twenty-one sons; seven of whom
were legitimate, the others illegitimate, and founders of mixed
tribes. From Lakhansî there were twenty-six generations to Nonad
Siṁha, the chief of Nîmrânâ (in Col. Tod's time), the nearest lineal
descendant of Ajayapâla and Pṛithvirâja).
As observed before, up to the time of Pṛithvirâja, the last
great Chohân, the poem is made up mostly of poetical bombast,
in which, at intervals, a grain of historical matter may be
⁹ Tod, Raj. vol. II. p. 444. Ten more names are given in Bombay Govern-
ment Selections, vol. III. p. 193; and Prinsep's Antiquities by Thomas, vol. II.
Us. Tab. p. 247.