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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[VOL. XXXI ancestry nothing more is known from the present record beyond that he was a son of Bhūpēndravarman. Fortunately, however, the name of Bhūpēndravarman is found in a few other inscriptions, e.g., the Chidivalasa platest and Nāpitavātaka grant. The first of these records is dated in the Ganga year 397 and the second, though undated, has been assigned to the same age. These two grants were issued by Dēvēndravarman, son of Bhūpēndravarman who is apparently identical with his namesake of the present record. The identification is supported by the dates of the records as well as the close similarity in the phraseology of their introductory portions. Thus Bhūpēndravarman appears to have had two sons, viz. Anantavarman Vajrahasta and Dēvēndravarman. The latter, as the date of the Chidivalasa plates would show, was the younger brother and successor of Anantavarman Vajrahasta of the present charter.
From the Chidivalasa plates we learn that Bhūpēndravarman was called also Márasimha and his father's name was Vajrin. In the opinion of Mr. Somasekhara Sarma, Bhūpēndravarman was identical with Rājēndravarman of the Mandasa plates of the Ganga year 342 as the names Rajendra and Bhūpēndra are synonymous. Mr. Sarma identifies Vajrin with Vajrahasta of the Parlakimedi plates. He further observes that this Vajrahasta was none other than Anantavarman of the Alamanda plates of the Ganga year 304 88 the style and phraseology of these inscriptions would tend to show. Mr. Sarma proposes the following genealogy:
Rājēn' avarman
Anantavarman (Alamanda plates, Ganga
year 304) alias Vajrahasta or Vajrin
Dēvēndravarman (Indian Museum platos, Ganga year 308 ; Tekkalie plates, Ganga
year 310)
Rājëndravarman (Ganga year 314 ; Mandasa plates, Ganga year 342) alias
Bhūpēndravarman
.
Satyavarman (Chicacole plates, 1 Ganga
year 351)
Anantavarman Vajrahasta (the present
record of Ganga year 383)
Dēvēndravarman (Chidivalasa plates, Ganga year 397; Nõpitavăţaka grant); may be the same as his namesake of the
Nirakarpur plates discussed below
Anantavarman (Tekkali plates, 11
Ganga year 358). 1 JAHRS, Vol. II, pp. 149 ff.; JAS, Letters, Calcutts, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, pp. 77 f. • Bharati, Vol. XIV, part ii, pp. 67-74. * Loc. cit. * A.R.Ep., 1918, p. 137 ff. Abovo, Vol. II, pp. 221 ff.; JAHRS, Vol. XIII, PP. 102 ff. JAHRS, Vol. XIII, p. 103. 1 Abovo, Vol. XXIII, p. 73 ff.
Ibid., Vol. XVIII, pp. 312 ff. .A.R.Ep., 1917-18, p. 137, App. A., No. 13; ibid., 1023-24, pp. 97-98.[Soe sloo JOR, Vol. IX, PP 59 10 Ind. Ant., Vol. XIII, pp. 12 ff. 11 Abovo, Vol. XXVI, pp. 174 ff.
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