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CV The Ratnamālā of Krshna Kavi, a work in Hindi language of the seventeenth or the eighteenth century is ‘a poetic history with good descriptions and many fables taken from the Prabandhachintāmaņi' (B. G. p. 149 f. n. 2). The Purana of the Modhera Brāhmaṇas also supplies some interesting material.
A careful study of these works makes evident the earlier existence of traditional chronicles oral as well as written.
Coming to the history of Chavadā-clan which is also referred to under the Sanskritized forms Chāpotkata or Chāvotaka or simply Chāpa-we find that there is evidence to prove the existence of two kingdoms different from one established at Anahilavāda. The first is that of the Chāpa king Vyāghramukha of Bhinnamāla to which we have already referred. The second is that of Dharaṇīvarāha of Wadhavān in Kathiawad who was subordinate to the Pratihāra emperor of Kanauj about the year 914 A. D. (R. I. pp. 144-149 ).
We have no definite information as to the connection of the Ehinnamāla Chāpas or earlier Chápotkatas of Wadhavan, if any, with the Chāvadas of Anahilavāda. We may here note that according to a verse in the B. P. ms of the P. C. the lord of the Chāpotkatas is said to be in the family ( vamse ) of King Haihaya. We, however, require more evidence to make the significance of this relation more definite.
The Ratnamāla of Krshộa Kavi narrates the story of Jayasekhara-the Chavadā king of Panchasara. According to this account, Jayasekhara was attacked by Bhuvada of Kalyāņakataka in V. S. 752, i, e. A. D.
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