This inscription reveals that 15 years before this final battle, Jayasimha Dev had anticipated a war for which he had begun preparations,” said Rawat. Princess Samyukta loved him from afar, and when Prithviraj Chauhan claimed her for. “Jayasimha was defeated by the Sultans of Gujarat, who ruled Ahmedabad, in the 1484 AD battle. Interestingly, the inscription mentions how Jayasimha constructed a ‘durg dwar’ (fort gate) and provided mechanised armoury in the unconquerable ‘durg’ to destroy all his enemies and to protect his pupils in 1469 AD. The inscription mentions names of 13 kings of the same dynasty who ruled Pavakdurg (another name of Pavagadh) between 1301 AD to 1484 AD. Roopsundari married to Maharaja of Kannauj-Vijaypal Kamlavati married to Maharaja of Ajmer. It describes Haamir Dev as ‘Kul Raja’,” he said. Roopsundari & Kamlavati were daughter of King of Delhi- Anangpal. His famous bard, Chand has described his heroic exploits and romantic career in Prithvi Raj Raso, a rare but historic documentary on the contemporary history of Rajputs in India. He drank 12 litres of milk daily and weighed about 15 karkal i.e, over 90 kgs. “The genealogy in the inscription starts with the mention of ‘Prithviraj Chauhan as the main ruler of the dynasty that had many kings that took birth’. Prithviraj Chauhan was fair, fatty & handsome king with an excessive appetite. The inscription provides the list of all the 13 rulers of Pavagadh starting from Ramadev to Jayasimha Dev, the last Chauhan king of Pavagadh,” Rawat said. “Haamir Dev’s successors had moved to Pavagadh. Haamir Dev, the last Chauhan ruler of Ranthambore, was defeated by the army of Allauddin Khilji in the battle of Ranthambore in 1301 in which the Rajput king also got killed. After this, his successors moved to Ranthambore in present day Rajasthan where they ruled for more than 100 years. Chauhan was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of Tarain. “The inscription gives genealogy of the Pavagadh Chauhans from Hammir Dev Chauhan, the king of Ranthambore and descendant of Prithviraj Chauhan,” said archaeologist and former director of Gujarat archaeology and museum department Dr Y S Rawat. The inscription also establishes the link of the Pavagadh kings with Ranthambore, Rajasthan and has led archaeologists to believe that the monument itself was a ‘durg’ (a fort).
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