Epigraphia Indica Vol 26

SR No.: 032580
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1945
Total Pages: 448
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 24 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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dated Saka 1008 (A. D. 1087) found at Sītābaldi, & suburb of Nagpur, states that the Rāshtrakūta Dhādībhandaka was governing the country as a feudatory of Vikramaditya VI. Curiously enough this is also the last known date of Udayāditya's reign. When Jagaddēva came to the court of Vikramaditya VI, he seems to have been placed by the latter in charge of Berar and the northern portion of the Nizam's Dominions. As already stated, there is another inscription of his reign, namely that found at Jainad in the Adilabad District of the Nizam's Dominions. Jainad is only 65 miles almost due east of Dongargaon.
The territory to the east of the Wardhā river was however soon reconquered by the Paramāras. The Nagpur Museum stone inscription which seems originally to have belonged to Bhāndak in the Chåndā District' mentions that Lakshmadēva, the son and successor of Udayāditya, endowed & temple, evidently at Bhāndak, with the gift of two villages. The surrounding country continued in the possession of Naravarman, the brother and successor of Lakshmadēva, as the Nagpur Museum stone inscription belongs to his reign. It is dated Vikrama Samvat. 1161 (A.D. 1104-5), i.e., about eight years before the present inscription of Jagaddēva's reign.
From other records also we know that Jagaddēva was an ally of Vikramāditya and took an active part in his military campaigns. Mērutunga states that Jagaddēva, though honoured by Siddha (i.e., Siddharāja-Jayasimha of Gujarāt), was earnestly invited by the glorious king Paramardin end so he went to the country of Kuntala. It is well known that Paramardin was & biruda of Vikramaditya VI. The Jainad inscription mentions Jagaddēva's victories in Andhra, Chakradurga and Dõrasamudra which were evidently won in the cause of Vikramaditya VI. Jagaddēva's invasion of Dorasamudra is attested to by Hoysala inscriptions also. We are told that the Emperor (Vikramaditya VI) sent Jagaddēva at the head of a large Chalukya army to invade the Hoysala country. He penetrated as far as Dorasamudra, the Hoysala capital, but was there defeated by Ballāla I, Vishņuvardhana and Udayāditya, the valiant sons of the Hoysala king Ereyanga.
The self-ebnegation, chivalry and liberality of Jagaddēva made him far-famed. There is no country, village, worla or assembly where Jagaddēva's fame is not sung day and night,' says the present inscription. That this is not an altogether empty praise is shown by the numerous tales about his bravery and munificence which are recorded by Gujarat chronicles. The subhashita No. 1261 in the Sarngadhara paddhati seems to praise the liberality of this very Jagaddēva.
According to the Rās Mālā Jagaddēva lived to the age of eighty-five. Before his death he is said to have placed his son Jagaddhavala on the throne, but no records of his reign have yet come to light. The Paramäras, however, continued to hold parts of the Central Provinces long after the time of Jagaddēva. Their capital was Chahanda which is probably identical with Chanda, the chief town of the Chåndā District of the Central Provinces. Two stone inscriptions found at Ambā near Möminābād in the Bhir District of the Nizam's Dominions mention a Paramára king named Bhoja,' the ruler of Chāhanda, who was defeated by Khõlēsvara, the
Above, Vol. III, pp. 304 ff.
Hiralal thought that the inscription originally belonged to Bilhări, but this is incorrect. See above, Vol. XXIV, p. 117, n. 6. As I have shown there, some of the places mentioned in it can be identified in the Chanda District.
Prabandhachintamani, Tawney's tr., p. 186. . Ep. Carn., Vol. II, p. 168. "See, e..., Räs Mälä, Vol. I, pp. 117 ff.; Prabandhachintamani, pp. 186 ff. • G. H. Khare, Sources of the Mediaeval History of the Deccan (Marathi), Vol. I, pp. 64 and 74.
* This Bhoja' is different from the homonymous Silahana prince, the ruler of Kolhapur, who was overthrown by Binghapa. Bom. Gaz., Vol. I, part ii, p. 524.