Suvas 1939 05 Pustak 01 Ank 11

SR No.: 034623
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Suvas Karyalay
Publisher: Suvas Karyalay
Publication Year: 1939
Total Pages: 66
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Suvas, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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$6.98 : 1519.2664 pretty large number of queens44. (4) Kalhaņ has stated in his Rājatarangiại that Dharmāśoka had conquered Kasmir and that after him his son Jālauk occupied the throne of Kaśmir. Jainism was prevalent in Kaśmir even before its conquest by Dharmāśoka, who was himself a Jain. Mr. T. W. Thomes has supported this. The name of the queen of this conqueror of Kaśmir, was (sāndevis I have already proved that this Dharmāśoka is none else but Priyadarsin “6 ( Appendix at the end of this volume) and he had appointed his son Jālauk as the governor of Kaśmir. This leada us to the conclusion that Išāndevi inust have been one of the queens of Priyadarsin7 and the mother of Jälauk. The name of the son of Chūruvāki was Tivar. These two names-Jälauk and Tivar-do not seem to have been based on astrological rules, but they must have been names given to them by writers in keeping with their habit of giving suggestive names. The different names connote different individuals with different mothers. (5) It is certain that none of these two was the heir-apparent, which means that still another queen must have been the mother of the heir-apparent. If either lśāndevī or Chāruvāki had been the mother of the heirapparent, either of them would have been raised to the position of queen consort. Again, the name of either of them, must have been connected with the name of the heir-apparent, just as their names are connected with the names of their own sons. Thus, considering all things, at least five queens must have been the inmates of his harem. Hence it is no exaggeration to say that he had many queens48.
(44) Pp. 205 1. n. no. 48, and appendix A, at the end of the book, specially pertaining to No. 5.
(45) Bharatiya Prachin Rajvam sa, vol. II, pp. 133-34: In Rajatarangini the name given is Isvaradevi.
(46) Dharmaśoka is considered by them as an exploded myth, because they thought that he lived during the6th century, A. D. But their calculation is wrong.
(47) In Taranga I, verse 122, of Rājatarangini she is introduced as the wife of Jālauk; but this statement is only one of the many inaccuracies that are found in the first and the second part of the book.
(48) P. 205 above, f. n. no. 48.