Old Bramhi Inscriptions In Udaygiri And Khandagiri

SR No.: 020516
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Benimadhab Barua
Publisher: University of Calcutta
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 354
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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Coin-name. Agnimitra Bhānumitra
Jethamitra
Purāņa-name. Agnimitras Vasumitra. 5 Vasujyestha.
Sujyestha. Ghoşa. 3 Ghoşavasu. (Vajramitra. Devabhūti. Bhumimitra,
Ghosa Bbadragboşa Indramitra Devamitra Bhūmimitra
The objection arising from the Hathi-Gumphā statement Namdarājativasasata-oghāțitam Tanasuliya-vātā panādim nagaram pavesayati which must be ordinarily rendered as “ He (King Khāravela) caused the canal opened out by King Nanda 103 (or 300) years ago to be extended from the Tanasuliya or Tanasuli road into the city (of Kalinga)” is sought to be met by the argument that here the expression Namdarāja-tivasasata oghāțita should be taken to mean "opened out in 300 Nanda-era (the era founded by King Nandavardhana, the grandfather of Mahāpadma Nanda, in 485 B. C.)." 8 The existence of such an era is sought to be proved by the fact that Alberuni, writing his Indika in 1030 A. D., 'found this era in actual use in Mathurā and Kanauj,' and 'heard the local tradition that the founder of the era lightened the taxes by obtaining wealth from the undersoil (which reminds us of the story of the buried treasures of the Nandas).' 4 The same is sought to be proved also by the evidence of the Yedarava inscription of the Chalukya king Vikramāditya VI, stating : “ Having said, why should the glory of the Kings Vikramāditya and Nanda be a hindrance any longer ? he with a loud command abolished that (era) which has the name of Saka, and made that (era) which has the Chalı counting " (Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part II, p. 437).
In accordance with Mr. Jayaswal's chronological interpretation of the fact of Khāravela's ' marching against the west disregarding Satakarņi' one must identify . Khāravela's Sātakarņi 'with Satakarụi I, who is no other than Sri-Satakarni mentioned in the Parāṇas as the third king of the Andhrabhftya-Sātavāhana dynasty founded by Simuka, the father of
1. JBORS, Vol. III, Part IV, p. 479. 2. JBORS, Vol. I, pp. 78, 106. 3. JBORS, Vol. III, Parts III-IV, p. 240. 4. JBORS, Vol. III, Parts III-IV, p. 240. 5. JBORS, Vol. III, Parts III-IV, p. 238.