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

Page 78

48
POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
"After having given his kingdom to him (Jayacandra? Vijayacandra) and having followed the description of Yoga obtained the highest state of existence."1
From some other sources it appears that Govindacandra waged several wars with his contemporaries. A Jain work Rambhämanjari of Nayacandra refers to the fact that he achieved a victory against Daśārna on the day. of his grandson Jayacandra's birth. Govindacandra perhaps maintained diplomatic relations with other kings. According to the Prabandha Cintämani Siddharāja Jayasimha sent a messenger to the lord of Käsi. Govindacandra, (c. 1112-1155 A.D.) most probably, was the contemporary of the Gujarat ruler Jayasimha Siddharāja, and thus the ruler of Kaši, at this time when Siddharaja sent his messenger, must have been Govinda candra and not his grandson, Jayacandra (c. 1170-94 A.D.). The latter is anachronistically recorded in the Prabandha Cintamani." The two colophons of the MSS obtained from the Jain Bhandaras give the two dates. The colophon of the Vasavadatta mentions V.E. 1207 when the book was copied in Rudrapalli in the prosperous reign of Räjäśri Govindacandradeva. The colophon of the Katantra Vyakarana mentions V.E. 1207 when the book was copied by Vijayananda at Purarāhupura in the prosperous reign of Srimad Govindacandra, while his son Srimad Vijayacandra was ruling the province of Vadahara (near Vārānasi) on the south bank of the Gatiga.
Vijayacandra: Govindacandra's son was Vijayacandra" who was also sometimes called, according to the Rambhämañjari, Malladeva. We have seen from a colophon that he was sharing in his father's administration as a governor of a province. In the Prabandha Koša, Govindacandra's son is called jayantacandra, which is apparently wrong. Jayanta or Jaitra were the other names of Jayacandra, the grandson of Govindacandra.
1 Thid., p. 54. तस्मै राज्यं दत्त्वा योगं प्रपद्य परलोकमसाधयत् ।
2 Bom, Ed. (1899). p. 4
पितामहेन तज्जन्मदिने दशार्णदेशेषु प्राप्तं प्रबलं यवनसैम्यं जितं अतएव तन्नाम जयचन्द्रः ।
SJGM, I. p. 74 कदाचित् सिद्धराजस्य वाग्मीकञ्चित्......... • पृच्छतेति दूषणमुक्तम् । 4 SJGM., XVIII, p. 106, N. 62.
* Ibid., N. 63 दिनकर शतमिति संख्ये अष्टाधिकाब्दयुक्ते श्रीमङ्गोविन्दचन्द्र देवराज्ये जाहल्या दक्षिणकुले श्रीमद्विजयचन्द्रदेव बहरदेशभुज्यमाने......।
Recently a copper plate of this King dated 1166 A.D. has been discovered from village Sonhal near Sasaram (Bihar) and is kept in the Patna Museum. Bom. Ed. (1899), P. 4.