Kavyanushasana Part 2

SR No.: 001067
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Rasiklal C Parikh, Ramchandra B Athvale
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay
Publication Year: 1938
Total Pages: 635
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 10 MB

Page 59

Xxxviii
Kavyanusasana
title of Mahakshatrapa, which was enjoyed by his grandfather but not by his father who was only a Kshatrapa. Through his own prowess he had become the lord of Akara – Avanti, Anupa, Ānartta, Surāshṭra, Svabhra, Maru, Kachchha, Sindh - Sauvīra, Kakura, Aparanta, Niṣāda etc. with all their former cities, business towns, and villages; that is, roughly, of the country from Bhilsă in the east to Sindh in the west, and from Mount Abu in the north to the North Konkan in the south including the peninsulas of Kathiawad and Cutch'- in short of Western India. He had humbled the pride of Yaudheyas who had become puffed because they were called Vīra - Valorous - by all Kshatriyas. He had twice defeated Satakarni the lord of Dakshinapatha, but, because he was a near relative (a son-in-law), he was not uprooted. This consideration earned for him public appreciation. He was famed for his mastery in the science and art of SabdaLanguage, Artha-Politics, Gandharava-Music and Dancing, and Nyaya-Logic. So also was he proficient in the manly and military arts of riding and managing horses elephants and chariots, of duelling, of fencing with the sword and the like. He was a master of
(
Rudradaman a reign of 30 years. According to our new calculation it would take Rudradaman's reign upto the year 82, that is, 160 A. D. One coin of his grand-son bears the year 100-the earliest date found on Kshatrapa coins - that is, the year 178 A. D. How many years should be allowed to his son Dāmājaḍaṣri is a question; but 28 years' reign appears to be too long for him. If we allow him only five years, as Mr. Jackson does, his reign will extend to the year 95, that is, 173 A. D. This would give in all 43 years' reign to Rudradaman. There is nothing improbable in such a supposition.