Indian Antiquary Vol 11

SR No.: 032503
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 396
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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DECEMBER, 1892.]
A CHAULUKYA GRANT DATED 1207 A.D.
A CHAULUKYA GRANT DATED 1207 A.D. BY E. HULTZSCH, PH.D., VIENNA.
PHOTOGRAPH of near plate grant, found at Timânâ, near Bhaunagar, was made over to me by Dr. Burgess, and received by him from Mr. Vajesankar Gaurisankar of Bhaunagar. The plates measure 10" by 7" and are thickened at the edges.
We learn from it that in Ashadha of Samvat 1264, i. e. about the middle of 1207 A.D., the banks of the Setra mji' river were under the sway of the Chaulukya king Bhimadeva II. of Anahila pâṭaka, or that he was at least acknowledged as the paramount power in that part of Kathia våd. Like the grant of the usurper Ja y antasimha of S. 1280, this one leaves out Bhimadeva's usual epithets Abhinavasiddharaja and Saptamachakravartin," the first of which he bears as early as his grants of S. 1256* and of S. 1263. Each of the two Birudas which Bhimadeva receives in our grant, Lankesvaranáráyanávatára and Rajyalakshmisvayamvara, occurs also in another grant. It also mentions the name of his prime minister, Châchigadeva.'
The grant was issued by the Me bara king Jagamalla at Timbâņaka.10 Its chief contents are as follows:-Ja gamalla established two Lingas at the large town (mahasthúna) of Talaj hâ" which he named after his parents, and consecrated to them two pieces of land in K âmbala üli' and Phûlasara" for the cultivation of which he appointed three husbandmen. The door-keeper Sakha da
The well-known Satrunjt river which flows past Palitina and the Jaina Tirtha of Satruñjaya.-ED.
No. 4 of Professor Bühler's Chaulukya Grants (Ind. Ant. vol. VI, p. 180 ff.)
Chaul. Grants Nos. 5 to 10.
Published by Mr. H. H. Dhruva (Ind. Ant. vol. XI, p. 71 ff.). Chaul. Grant No. 3, I, 11. "Nordyandvatara Chaul. Grant No. 4, I, 15 f. and Lakshmisvayamvara No. 9, I, 15.
RAs Mala, vol. I, p. 211.
Professor Bibler informs me that the Meharas are the modern Mers, whose chief seats are in MervAdA (Mairwarra) in Rajputana, but who are also found in Kithtavad. This Prakrit form is always used in the grant instead of Jaganmalla, 'the wrestler of the world."
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10 The modern Timkná, N. W. of Talajha, where the plates were found.
made three donations, one to be paid to the temple at Talajha and to the two holy places at K&mbalaüli and Phûlasara, another from his possessions in Bâlâka" to Râula Uchchadeva for the worship of the new gods, and the third to be paid at Timbana ka. Further donations are registered from the merchants of Timbanaka, and dues to be paid by the same merchants, by the shops of Talajhâ, Kâmbala üli, and Phûla sara, and by the Pújámátya of the province of Tim bâṇaka. Raüla Uchchadeva and eight other trustees had to look after the temple and to administer its revenues under the control of a certain Sobharka.
The language of the grant is as bad Sanskrit as that of Arjunadeva's grant.' Many nouns are found uninflected (plate I, 1. 12 to 14; plate II, 1. 2 f., 11), especially proper names1 (plate I, 1. 8, 14f.; plate II, 1. 4 to 6). Once drammaikaḥ and rúpakaikaḥ occur instead of dramma ekaḥ and rúpaka ekaḥ (plate II, 1. 2f.). The vulgar form utra is always used for putra.
As regards the writing of the grant, several groups of consonants are very carelessly executed. It is worth mentioning that the old and the new signs for i are both used (plate I, 1. 14 f.). Final t is twice written thus ;
Transcript. Plate I.
[+] ।। संवत् १९६४ वर्षे ली० आषाढ शुदि २ सोमे दोह श्रीमदण लिपटक " ऑ [2] समस्तराजावलीसमलंकृतमहाराजाधिराजपरमेश्वरपरम भट्टारकउमापति
[3] वरलब्धपार्वतीपतिवर प्रौढप्रतापलंकेश्वरनारायणावतारराज्यलक्ष्मीस्वयंवर
(in etat, plate II, 1. 7 and in yávat, plate II,
1. 14). Both letters of the word om in the beginning of the grant have their archaic form.
11 This town lies on the Setramj! river in the S. E. of KAthiAvid. The name is usually but inaccurately spelt Talaja as on the Trigonometrical Survey Map, &c. According to Professor Bühler, the old name of the town, as found in the Jaina chronicles, is Táladhvaja. (See Arch. Reports, W. India, vol. II, p. 15. Satrunjaya Mahatmya, I, 50 and 352.-ED. I.A.)
13 Now Kamlol, W. of Talajha.
13 Now Philsar, S. of Talajha.
1 As Professor Bühler informs me, Bilika, Balaka, or Bhil, is the name of the low line of land on the western shore of the gulf of Hambay (Khambat).
15 Ind. Ant. vol. XI, p. 241.
18 The name SakhaḍA (I. 1, 6) is joined with the affix ka in order to become declinable (I. 1, 16).
1 Plate I, 1. 1, read f.-L. 3, dele qafar.