________________
Introduction
This book was written about the year 770 or roughly 800 A. D. *
Now we know from Yuan - Chang that he referred to the then king of Valabhi as a kshatriya and we also know that his name was Dhruvapaṭṭa or Dhruvabhaṭṭa. As Harshavardhana was a vaishya there is some point in calling his successor a kshatriya. Again we find from the copper - plates of Dharasena IV that he had given many donations in support of Buddhist vihāras for the maintenance of the monks and for the worship of Buddhist idols. All this evidence supports the identification of the king whose name began with Dha' with Dharasena IV - made out by Dr. Jayswal.
LXV
"Rājyavardhana had his successor in Harsha; and Dh., that is, Dharasena IV his grandson was really Harsha's anuja or descendant in which sense the MMK always uses the term. According to the Mitaksharā idea of Hindu Law, Dharasena IV would be considered a successor and descendant of Rajyavardhana. It is difficult to give value to the initial V. or J, (Tibetian version) of the successor of Dh. but the description
* Jayaswal's Imperial History of India. Introductory p. 3. According to the MMK Rajyavardhana was succeeded by a Kshatriya, the first letter of whose name began with 'Dha'. He ruled for three years. He was succeeded by a king the first letter of whose name began with a letter 'Dha'. He is called Sarvabhumika Bhupati which technically means an emperor. He had an army consisting of elephants, horses and chariots, as well as a navy. He conquered all the enemies that faced him in battle. He decorated the earth by building many viharas and idols of Buddha,
9
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
