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LXII
Kavyanusasana
His grants and those of his successor mention Guhasena after Bhațārka omitting the intervening kings.
Şilāditya was succeeded by his younger brother Kharagraha none of whose grants, if any, are as yet discovered. We, however, learn from his son's copperplates that he was a learned man as also a patron of learning. From the same source we come to know that he worked in the capacity of Yuvarāja to his elder brother, a fact which is corroborated by the mention of Kharagraha - as a Dūtaka in some grants of Şiladitya.
Dharasena I founder of the Maitraka dynasty of Valabhi. His inscriptions which date equivalent to 605 A. D. to 609 A. D. have been found. His successor Chapala will correspond with Kharagrha (his nephew) of the inscriptions. His nephew Dhruva. seda II was the next king. Records of his, dated 629-639 A. D. have been found. Dhruva is described in the AMMK as anuja of Chapala, which is to be taken in its original sense born after,' 'a younger cadet' and not "younger brother.' Yuan - Chang saw the artistic Buddhist temple built by Sılāditya when he visited Valabhi in the reign of Dhruva, who was a vassal and son-in-law to Harsha.
The dynastic description and the extent of the territories of Silāditya given bere settled the controversy started by Hoernle. (J. R.A.S., 1909, 122.) He was the king of the territory from Ujjain in Eastern Malwa upto the west country of the sea, that is, Kachchha, which was the limit of the west country according to the Puranic Geography (1. A. 1933, 126); and he was king of the Lādas, that is, what we call Gujarat, and of Valabhi that is, southern Kathiawar.
Dhruva, according to our text, becomes subordinate, which was a fact in Harshavardhan's time." (Imperial Hist. of India pp. 24-25)
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