Alha of the Banaphar Rajput clan was the famous general of the great Chandel king Paramdidev, or Parmal, who fought Prithviraj Chauhan in 1182 CE. Alha`s mother, Devaki, was a member of the Ahir caste. In the Puranas, when Mahpati (Mahil) states that Ahlada (Alsha) has come to be of `low family` (kule hinatvamagatah), it is because his mother i......