         King Bhanupratap was the King of one of the pricipalities in Garhwal ********************* having its Capital at Chandpur Garhi in 887/888 AD
* ( The remains of CHANDPUR GARHI fort can still be seen in Chamolie District in between Karan Prayag and GAIRSAIN near Adbadri )
*   (King Bhanupratap had only one daughter. He married his daughter to Kanakpal , who was the younger brother of the Panwar Prince of Dharanagari (the ***capital of Dhar-Malwa which is in Madhya Pradesh). It is presently known as Ujjain.
* King Bhanupratap had grown old so he handed over the reigns of his kingdom to Prince Kanakpal and went to Badrinath on a pilgrimage, thereafter he died.
*   King Kanakpal after taking over the reigns of this kingdom brought his Rajpurohit from Dhar Malwa ( Ujjain) and made him Rajpurohit of his new kingdom in * *   Garhwal. The first Nautiyal family thus came to Garhwal from Ujjain. The principal person was Devidas Neelkanth ji.
   ( Ujjain, is presently in *Madhya Pradesh and is bordering with Gujarat and Rajasthan, therefore, some people claim that Nautiyals came from Gujarat.)
* The Nautiyals, after some time, were setteled in "village Noti" situated on a hill near Chandpur Garhi. After the rajpurohit some other brahmin relatives also *   came to Garhwal and were settled down there. In addition to this there were Rajpurohits of King Bhanupratap who were already setteled on the nearby
* hills. *In this manner the brahmins setteled on the hills near Chandpur Garhi were at Maithana, Khandura, Ratura, Thapli, Chamola, Sema, Lakhera, ***Gauroli,Sirguro,Koti and Dimmar.
* The Panwar Kingdom kept on expanding and in 1358 AD King Ajay Pal of the Parmar dynasty ascended the throne of Chandpur principality. King Ajay Pal * ****succeeded in conquering and uniting all 52 Garhs or forts and becomes the first overlord of a united Garhwal. He transferred his court to Srinagar, which ****persisted as capital until 1803. After complete unification, Ajay Pal, like Ashoka, developed a distaste for warfare and pursued a spiritual life.
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