Epigraphia Indica Vol 31

SR No.: 032585
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1955
Total Pages: 506
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 30 MB

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KADMAL PLATES OF GUHILA VIJAYASIMHA, V.S. 1140
article on that record. We are, however, now in a position to conclude that Vairața was a descendant of the branch of Allata's family, of which Mahipala, the younger brother of Naravahana, was the head, and that he was required for some unknown reason to succeed Yogaraja of the main line, whose progeny had been deprived of accession to the throne.
The following is the succession of rulers from Allata to Vairața, as known from all important records so far found including the one under consideration.
Allata (V.S. 1010 = 953 A. D.)
(Senior Branch)
1. Naravahana (V. S.-1028 971 A. D.)
2. Salivahana
I
3. Saktikumāra (V. S. 1034 = 977 A. D.)
T
4. Ambāprasāda
Τ
5. Suchivarman
I 6. Naravarman
T
7. Anantavarman
T
8. Yasōvarman3
9. Yögarāja
(Junior Branch) J.
1. Mahipala
10. Vairata (V. 8. 1083 = 1026 A. D.)
The above pedigree shows that Vairața is the tenth prince after Allata including Naravahana on the main line, although our document speaks of him as the ninth including Mahipāla, the younger brother of Naravahana. This discrepancy is, to some extent, clarified by the Kumbhalgarh inscription of V. S. 1517 (1460 A. D.), which does not include Suchivarman in its corresponding dynastic list and makes Vairața the ninth prince from Naravahana. Though Vairata's description as the ninth prince found in our grant correctly suits his number in the corresponding list of the Kumbhalgarh inscription due to the omission of Suchivarman, we cannot discard the omitted prince altogether from the chronology, as he is clearly mentioned as a successor of Saktikumara in the fragmentary Hastimātā temple inscription found at Ahar near the Udaipur railway station. The slight variation in the chronological position of Vairata may, however, be overlooked in view of the general tendency of the authors of such epigraphs, who, at one place include a particular prince and omit the same at another. Thus Ambāprasāda, the fourth prince from Naravahana in the foregoing table, is clearly mentioned
1 Above, Vol. XXIV, p. 310.
Naravarman is also called Nrivarman in certain inscriptions. Yasovarman is also named Kirtivarman in certain records. [See below, p. 246, note 1.-Ed.]
Above, Vol. XXIV, pp. 324-325.
Bhav. Inscre., pp. 72-74; Ojha, op.cit., p. 442, note 1.