Political History of Northern India

SR No.: 001744
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gulabchandra Chaudhary
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 482
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, & Culture
File Size: 10 MB

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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
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and those of the lord of the Gurjaras when Muñjarāja destroyed Āghata, the pride of Medapāța (Mewar) and caused them to flee. This Muñjarāja is correctly identified by Kielhorn with the Paramāra Vākpati-Muñja (c. 97497 A.D.).” The lord of Gurjaras referred to here was most probably the Caulukya Mūlarāja I of Gujarāta (c. 961-96 A.D.) mentioned in verse 12. The prince whose name is lost was possibly a Guhila ruler of Medapāța. Āghata which Mūlarāja destroyed is likely to be Āhada near the present Udaipur station from which a well-known Guhalot clan derives its name, Āhadia.
Verse 11 refers to one Mahendra to whom Dhavala offered protection against Durlabharāja. Durlabharāja is identified by Kielhorn with the brother of the Cahamāna Vigraharāja of Harsa inscription dated V.E. 1030.5 The same scholar pointed out that Mahendra must be the son of Vigrahapāla of the same name of the Nadąūla branch of the Cāhamāna dynasty.
In verse 12 Dhavala is said to have given support to Dharanivarāha whose power had been completely exterminated by Mūlarāja. Pandit Ramkarana, the editor of the inscription, has suggested ten possibilities of the identification of Dharaṇīvarāha with the Paramāra king of that name, who is said to have been the ruler of Navakot in Marwar.
These references certainly show the importance of this Rāșțrakūta family and their importance was in some respects due to their position. The frontiers of the Cauluk yas, the Cāhamāna and the Paramāra kingdoms were attached to the borders of their kingdom and everyone naturally was seeking assistance from them whenever threatened by another.
The inscription is also important from the social and religious point of view. It refers to Vāsudeva who was the preceptor of Vidagdharāja and who imparted to the prince spiritual knowledge and induced him to erect a temple dedicated to the Jina in the town of Hastikundi. It refers to a gold
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जन्ये राजन्यजन्ये जनयति जनताजं रणं मुंजराजे ॥ श्रीमाण प्रणष्टहरिणे इव भिया गूर्जरेशे विनष्टे।
तत्सैन्यानां शरण्यो हरिरिव शरणे यः सुराणां बभूव ॥ 2 JASB., 1893, LXII, Pt. I, 311 ; see supra p. 91. 3 Ibid., see infra, Chapter IX, II. * EI., X, p. 19; see supra p. 173. Section on the Guhilotas. 5 JASB., 1893, LXII, Pt. I, p. 311. 6 Ibid., sce supra, p. 149. ? EI., X, p. 19.