Note 57 — BHINMÁL.

A Chandel stone inscription from Khajuráho describes Yaśovarmman and Lakshavarmman as successful in war against Gauḍas, Khaśas, Kosalas, Kásmíras, Maithilas, Málavas, Chedis, Kurus, and Gurjjaras.57 And soon after about a.d. 953 during the reign of Bhímasena a migration of 18,000 Gurjjaras from Bhínmál is recorded.58 The memory of this movement remains in the traditions of the Gujars of Khándesh into which they passed with their carts in large numbers by way of Málwa.59 An important result of this abandonment of Bhínmál was the transfer of overlordship from Bhínmál to Aṇahilaváḍa whose first Chálukya or Solaṅki king Múlarája (a.d. 961–996) is, about a.d. 990, described as being accompanied by the chief of Bhinmál as a subordinate ally in his war with Graharipu (see above page 451). The Gurjjara or Bhinmál empire seems to have broken into several sections of which the three leading portions were the Chauháns of Sámbhar, the Paramáras of Málwa, and the Solaṅkis of Aṇahilaváḍa.