CHOHAN or Chahuman, one of the four Agnicula tribes, which formed a. dynasty that reigned at Ajmir and Dehli, and afterwards at Kotah and Bondi. Ajipala, one of this dynasty, founded Ajmir in A.D. 145; and it was afterwards lost to the Mahomedans by Dola Rai. Harihara Rai defeated Sabaktagin. The race has been con spicuous for bravery during two thousand years. The leading individuals have been— Anhui or Agnipala, `offspring of fire,' the first Chohan ; probable period 650 before Vikrama, when an invasion of the Turshka took place; established Macavati nagri (Gurra Mundilla) ; conquered the Konkan, Aser, Golconda.
Suvatcha Malian. In all probability this is the patriarch of the Mallani tribe.
Guinn Soor ; Ajipala, Chukwa,' or universal potentate ; founder of Ajmir, some authorities say in 202 of the Vikrama, others of the Virat Samvat. The latter is the more probable.
Dela Rai, slain, and lost Ajmir on the first irruption of the Mahomedans, S.-741, A.D. 685.
Manika Rai, S. 741, founded Sambhur ; hence the title of Sambri-Rao borne by the Chohan princes, his issue.
Hursraj, S. 827, defeated Nazir-oo-din (qu. Subaktagin), thence styled Sultangralia.' Beer or Dharinaguj, slain defending Ajmir against Mahmud of Ghazni.
Beesuldeo (classically Visaladeva) ; • his period, from various inscriptions. S. 1066 to 1130.
Anah, constructed the Allah Sagar, Ajmir; still bears his name.
After Anah were Jeipal, Ajeydeo or Allende°, and Someswar. Someswar married Rooks Bae, daughter of Anung Pal Thar, king of De and their son Prithi-raj succeeded to the throne of and is said to have been slain by Shahab nil-din S. 1249, A.D. 1193. Ilis son Rainasi also fell. Vijaya raj, son of Someswar, whose name is on the Delhi pillar, was a nephew of Prithi-raj, and was adopted as his successor. His son Lakunsi had twenty-one sons, seven of whom were legitimate, the others illegitimate, and founders of mixed tribes. From Lakunsi there
are twenty-six generations to Nonud Singh, a late chieftain of Neemana, the nearest lineal descend ant of Ajipal and Prithi-raj. The genealogical tree of the Chohan tribe exhibits thirty-nine princes, from Anhui, the first created Chohan, to Prithi-raja, the last of the Hindu emperors of India. Mahomedan historians say that Prithi-raj was killed at the battle of the Cuggur, or shortly afterwards; but Chand, or rather his continuator, represents him as dying in captivity at Ghazni, nud the bard would gladly have concealed so humiliating a fact if he could. Several Chohan sepoys, after the capture of that fortress, sought out and professed to find the Ch'hatri of their ancestor, where they showed their devotion to his memory, by presenting their humble offerings in honour of the champion of their faith. The desert tribes in the Chohan territory, the Sahrai, Khosa, Koli, DIA were till lately predatory. The western Chohan are said to be free from infanticide. They do not wear the zonar, nor form a circle (choki) in cooking, and their cooks are usually of the barber caste. The Chohan and Gehlot were neighbours, and on friendly terms, but the Rahtor and Tear were often at war, , though only separated by the Kali naddi. The Cholkin territory on the S.E. has Koliwara, on the W. the desert Dhat, on the S. the Rim It has two divisions,—Vira Bah on the E., and across the Looni on the W. is Parkar, the Naggur Parkar of the maps. Bundi and Kotah are the most celebrated of the existing Chohan. Twelve branches of the Chohan became Mahomedans.— Prinsep's Antiquities by Thomas, p. 248 ; Tod's' Rejast.; Elliot, Stipp. Gloss.