Excerpt from Descriptive Lists of Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar

The only reliable history which can be constructed for the Central Provinces and Berar of the period preceding the Bhonsla rule in the central-provinces and that of Berar prior to the Bahmanis is from inscriptions, most of which came to light only in the beginning of this century, that is, adecade ago, when the preparation of District Gazetteers of these Provinces was for the first time taken in hand. It is somewhat curlous that 111 Spite of some powerful dynasties holding sway in parts of these Provinces for centuries together, they had been so forgotten as to have left no traditions behind; for instance, the Kalachuris of Chedi, who had their capital at Tripuri (the present Tewar, six miles from Jubbulpore) and ruled over that country for not less than 300 years, were not known at all to the local people. There was not one who had heard of the name Kalachuri or Chedi, and all the remains of this great and ancient kingdom were and are still assigned to the Chandellas, who occupied part of the Jubbulpore District when the Kalachuris had become extinct. It is through lithic and copper-plate records that some light has been recently thrown on the ancient history of this Province, showing that it has not only been a water-shed of castes, as the Hon'ble Sir Edward Gait once put it, but also one of kingdoms. It is doubtful whether these Provinces, as at present constituted, were ever under one kingdom before the English rule. It is true, Akbar parcelled out the Province in Subas and Sarkars, but he had never more than a nominal and imaginary sovereignty 'over the local chiefs, though he apparently regarded them beneath his consideration. Of the same type was perhaps the sovereignty of Asoka, one of whose edicts is inscribed on a rock in the Jubbulpore District.

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