[Recent inquiries identify Bappa, whose name is merely a title, with either Mahendrāji ii. or Kālbhoja, early chiefs of Mewār (Erskine ii. B. 8). It has been suggested that his legend is mixed up with that of Bappa or Saila of Valabhi, the story of his retreat to Irān representing the latter being carried as a captive to Mansūra on the fall of Valabhi or Gandhār (_BG_, i. Part i. 94, note 2). In any case, the whole story is mere legend, a tale like that of the mysterious disappearance of Romulus and other kings (Sir J. Frazer, _Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship_, 269 ff.). A similar tale is told of Rāna Uda in later Mewār history.] Footnote 4.2.29: _Vide_ Appendix, Translation, No. II. Footnote 4.2.30: See Translation, No. III. Footnote 4.2.31: [The Valabhi era begins in A.D. 318-19.] Footnote 4.2.32: This will make Bappa’s attainment of Chitor fifteen years posterior to Muhammad bin Kasim’s invasion. I have observed generally a discrepancy of ten years between the Samvat and Hegira; the Hegira reckoned from the sixteenth year of Muhammad’s mission, and would if employed reconcile this difficulty. [The traditional dates are untrustworthy, being based on a confused reminiscence of Valabhi history (_IA_, xv. 275). A list of the chiefs of Mewār, with the dates as far as can be ascertained, is given by Erskine (ii. B. 8 ff.).] Footnote 4.2.33: See Translation of Inscription, No. IV. Footnote 4.2.34: A.D. 713, or S. 769: the Inscription 770 of Man Mori, against whom came the ‘barbarian.’ Footnote 4.2.35: I was informed by a friend, who had seen the papers of Captain Macmurdo, that he had a notice of Kasim’s having penetrated to Dungarpur. Had this gentleman lived, he would have thrown much light on these Western antiquities. [Muhammad bin Kāsim does not seem to have attacked Ajmer: the place was not founded till A.D. 1000 (Watson, _Gazetteer_, i. A. 9).] Footnote 4.2.36: By an orthographical error, the modern Hindu, ignorant of Debal, has written Delhi. But there was no lord of Delhi at this time: he is styled Dahir, Despat (lord) of Debal, from _des_, ‘a country,’ and _pat_, ‘the head.’ Footnote 4.2.37: _Āīn_, ii. 344 f. Footnote 4.2.38: [The dates are open to much question. It is known from inscriptions that Sakti Kumār was alive in A.D. 977.] ----- CHAPTER 3