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 332 THE MEDIAEVAL KINGDOMS OF THE NORTH subjection, the whole of Hindustan Proper, except Malwa and some contiguous districts. Sind and Ben- gal were either entirely subdued, or in rapid course of reduction. On Gujarat he had no hold, except what is implied in the possession of the capital (Nahrwalah, or Anhalwara). Much of Hindustan was immediately under his officers, and the rest under dependent or at least tributary princes. The desert and some of the mountains were left independent from neglect." An important consequence of the capture of Kanauj was the migration of the bulk of the Gaharwar clan to the deserts of Marwar in Rajputana, where they settled, and became known as Rathors. The state so founded, now generally designated by the name of its capital, Jodhpur, is one of the most important princi- palities of Rajputana. Similar clan movements, neces- sitated by the pressure of Mohammedan armies, were frequent at this period, and to a large extent account for the existing distribution of the Rajput clans. V THE CHANDELLAS OF JEJAKABHUKTI AND THE KALACHURIS OF CHEDI The ancient name of the province between the Jumna and Narmada, now known as Bundelkhand, was Jejakabhukti, and the extensive region farther to the south, which is now under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, nearly corresponds with the old kingdom of Chedi. In the mediaeval history of these countries two dynasties, the Chandellas and the Kalachuris, which occasionally were