Early History of Orissa

SR No.: 006922
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarchand Mittal
Publisher: Jain Cultural Research Society
Publication Year: 1957
Total Pages: 506
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

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INTERNAL EVIDENCES
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Bșihaspatimitra merely on grounds that Brihaspati (Jiva) is the regent (Nakshatrādhipa) of the Nakshatra (or Zodiacal asterism) Pushya, also named Tishya, in the constellation Cancer or the Crab.' But this cannot be regarded as final in the absence of more convincing evidence and has been rejected as far fetched by all scholars.
Efforts have been made to assume the two Brihaspatimitras of the Mora and Pabhosa inscriptions to be one and the same individuals on grounds that both the principalities acknowledged the suzerainty of the Sungas, and further, that they are also identical with the Brihaspatimitra of the coins.
John Allan,' objecting to the above, argues in favour of two different princes of the same name, identical with Brihaspatimitra I and Brihaspatimitra II of the coins"Comparing the epigraphy of the two inscriptions, we see that the Mora inscription is much earlier in date when we remember that the Mora inscription is put up by his daughter and the Pabhosa inscription by his uncle-although the difference in date may not have been great-it is still more unlikely that the king referred to should be the same in both. The epigraphy of the Pabhosa inscription agrees very well with that of Bțihaspatimitra Il's coins, and
1. Sākhyāyana Griha Satra, I, 26, 6. Qtd. Jayaswal.
2. PHAI, p, 373f. Apart from this, in literature, Bțihaspati, Pushyadharman and Pushyamitra occur as names of distinct individuals and represents Patliputra as the residence of the latter, whereas the Magadhan antagonist of Khara vela is probably called Rājagahanapa (Cf. Luder's reading in EI, Vol. X, No. 1345 with Jayagwal); Konow reads 'rājagahain upa pidāpayati' though he admits that 'rājagahanapa (m) pidāpayati' is also possible, and apparently resided in the city of Rūjagriha.
3. Vogel, JRAS, 1912, p. 120; Jayaswal, JBORS, 1917, pp. 473-80; Rapson, CHI, Vol. I, pp. 524-6.
4. CCAI, pp. xcvii-vii.