Bundeli has a considerable
literature.
35. The editor was told of a case in which two chiefs suffered for
beating their drums in Mahoba.
36. See _ante_, Chapter 23 note 11, and Chapter 26 note 14, and the
authorities there cited. The Chandel history occupies an important
place in the mediaeval annals of India. Several important
inscriptions of the dynasty have been correctly edited in the
_Epigraphia Indica_. Mahoba is not now a 'ruined city'; it is a
moderately prosperous country town, with a tolerable bazaar, and
about eleven thousand inhabitants. It is the head-quarters of a
'tahsildar', or sub-collector, and a station on the Midland Railway.
The ruined temples and places in and near the town are of much
interest. For many miles round the country is full of remarkable
remains, some of which are in fairly good preservation. The published
descriptions of these works are far from being exhaustive. The author
was mistaken in supposing that the power of the Chandels was broken
by the Bundelas. The last Chandel king, who ruled over an extensive
dominion, was Paramardi Deva, or Parmal. This prince was defeated in
a pitched battle, or rather a series of battles, near the Betwa
river, by Prithiraj Chauhan, king of Kanauj, in the year 1182.
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