Photo: CNG Coins · CC BY-SA 3.0A verse chronicle of Kanhadadeva, the Songara Chauhan king of Jalore, and his war against Alauddin Khalji.
Alauddin’s army, returning from the sack of Somnath in 1299, is attacked by Kanhadade’s men, who free captives. Years later Alauddin besieges Jalore; after a long resistance the fort falls in 1311, Kanhadade dies fighting, his son Viramade with him, and the women perform jauhar.
It preserves the Rajput side of the Khalji wars in a language close to the people, a century and a half after the events.
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