Epigraphia Indica Vol 30

SR No.: 032584
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1953
Total Pages: 490
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 27 MB

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190 EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[Vol. XXX same official or professional position is also indicated by the epithet Paurānika applied to Vaijāditya, & courtier of Chahamāna Hammira (1238-1301 A.D.) of Ranastambhapura (Ranthambhor), in the Balvan (Kotah District, Rajasthan) stone inscription.'
Allāvadina is a Sanaskritised form of the Muslim name 'Alauddin and undoubtedly refers to 'Alauddin Khaji (1296-1316 A.D.), Sultan of Delhi. It is well known that the imperial Chāhamānas who had their capital at Säkambhari (modern Sambhar in the Jaipur District) were overthrown by the Turkish Musalmans about the close of the twelfth century.' A member of the fallen house is known to have acoepted the suzerainty of the Musalmans and many smaller chiefs must have done the same. During the weak rule of the successors of Sultan Iltutmish (1211-36 A.D.), a branch of the Chāhamana dynasty established a powerful kingdom with its headquarters at Ranastambhapura.' The Khalji Sultan 'Alauddin killed king Hammiradēva of this line and conquered the fort of Ranastambhapura in 1301 A.D. Minor chiefs of the Chāhamana lineage, like those mentioned in our record, must have then acknowledged the suzerainty of the Sultān. But even before the overthrow of Hammiradēva, there were Chāhamana partisans on the Sultan's side. Thus Bhoja, described as a natural brother and general of Hammira, joined the Muslim side according to Nayacbandra's Hammiramahäkävya.This Bhöja, however, seems to the different from the Chihamina chief of that name mentioned in the inscription under study.
TEXTS
1 [Siddham) || Svasti | Sri-Jagajjananyai namah || Samvat 1362 Varsha Phälguna-vadi
tatkala-dvādast 12 Guru2 dinē Uttarăshādha-nakshatrē Makara--sthitē chandrē Variya-nama-yögő
samasta-bhūpāla-mana-marddana-maha- [ID 3 || rājādbirāja-brimad-Allāvadina-vijaya-rājyē mahāsha(kha)dgadhara-sri-Bhöjadevo va(ba)
bhūva | tasya pūrvva- ICI] 4 | jaḥ Chāhumān-ānvayê brimān=Mädh[ū]dēvē va(ba)bhūva [l*] tasmad-dhimin Dhēnūdēvaḥ
Eamjitaḥ [l*] tasmād=Gopa- || 5 || tidēvaḥ punya-karmmājātaḥ[l*] tasya bhāryā Dharmmādēvi va(ba)bhūva [l*] tasyān maha
sha(kha)dgadhara-sri-Bhojadēva-Padma- [[|] 6 || simbadēvau putrau jātau [l*) trä(tā)bhyām=iyam vāpi punyāya yabasē cha kāritā. Vyāsa
Sivarājēna li7 [khitam®(tam) II) 2. Toda-Rāising Inscription of the time Asalema Sāhi (Islam Shah); V. S. 1604, Saka 1469
The inscription' was briefly noticed by Daya Ram Sahni in his Archaeological Remains and Bxcavations at Sambhar, p. 8. Unfortunately the notice is rather misleading, as Sahni failed to
1 Above, Vol. XIX, pp. 45-52. * Ray, DHNI, Vol. II, pp. 1086 ff.
Ibid., pp. 1094 ff. • Ibid., p. 1100.
From an impression. • Expressed by a symbol which is damaged. * The correct name of the Yoga is Variyan.
. These two akaharas, standing below the last three letters of the previous lino (lino 6), are almost out off in the impression.
As the inscription is partly written in a dislect of Hindi, in which the vowels e and o are often short, macron over these vowels is not used in this section oven in transliterating passages in Sanskrit. This is to avoid confusion. See above, Vol. XXIX, p. 106, note 2.