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Ramadeva
Visaladeva
Pratāpasimha
THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
Dhruvabhața and others
Dhārāvarsa Somasimha
Kṛṣṇarāja III
Vikramasitisha Yasodhavala
V. PARAMARAS OF KIRĀDU
This branch of the Paramāras has been known from a damaged inscription found at Kirādu in the Jodhpur division of Rajasthāna.
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It consists of 26 lines in Sarhskrt incised on a pillar of a temple of Siva. It is fortunately dated V.E. 1218 (A.D. 1162) in the reign of Somesvara Paramāra who was a feudatory of Kumarapala Caulukya.1 The inscription begins with 'Om namaḥ Sarvajñdya'; therefore, it has been taken here as a Jain source.
After the invocation of Sarvajña, it devotes two verses to the praise of God Siva, who was the family deity of the Caulukyas.
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Pralhadana
In verse 3 is traced the origin of the Paramāras from the sacrificial pit on Mt. Abu, as we usually find concerning the origin of the other branches of the Paramāras. In verse 4 it is stated that there were a number of kings in that dynasty among whom was a powerful king by name Sindhuraja who ruled over Marumandala. Prof. Ganguly suggests his identification with Sindhuraja (c. 996-999 A.D.) of Mälava line. In verse 5 the next name is given by Dr. Bhandarkar as Usala (Utpala) and by Dr. Ganguly as Dúsala." The next two verses are too much damaged. In
1 P. C. Nahar, Jain Lekha-sangraha, Pt. I, pp. 251-53; HIG., III, No. 149 B, pp. 173-76.
2 : ।
• Tbid. वशिष्ठभूषितेर्बुदभूधरे सुरम्यां
3 Ibid. : तत्रानेकमही । सिन्धुराजो महाराजसमभून्मरुमण्डले ।
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परमाराणां वंशोऽयनलकुण्डतः ॥
4JBORS., XVIII, 1932, p 40 ff.
EI., Appendix, 43, No, 312; JBORS., XVIII, p. 40 ff.
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