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one copy of my translation with introduction to the Pithabandha of Upamiti Bhava Prapancha Katha. I hope by this time all the books must have been duly in respective hands.
Now as to the date of Siddharshi your calculation ac. cording to tables is really ingenious. Besides that I will be glad to bring to your notice following facts.
1. Prof. Peterson when writing about 'Garya, who is admittedly Guru of Siddharshi assigns him Vikrama Samvat. 962.
2. It appears from alta that Suracharya was guru, of this Garga i. e. Suracharya was Guru's guru of our Siddharshi. Now it appears this Suracharya flourished in the time of Bheemdeva a great king of Gujarat. and it is quite clear on the face of history that he flourished in the middle of the 10th Century Vikram Era.
3. Prabhachandra Suri author of Prabhavaka Charitra says that Magha Kavi a great poet was the cousin of Siddarshi. NowDr. Clatt is quite clear to say that Magha Hourished in Vikrama Sam. year 962.
4. According to history and tradition. Bhoja Raja Hourislaed in the tenth century Vikrama Era. and Magha was a comtemporary of his. : 5 The crucial point is the following verse in the Prashasti.
अनागतं परिज्ञाय चैत्यवंदन संश्रया।।
मदर्थेन कृता येन वृत्ति ललित विस्तरा ॥ Now I have noted that you also try to make Haribhadra a contemporary of Siddharshi and hence strain the year 585 into Gupta year. My humble opinion differs from yours. The point is this Haribhadra Suri is on lulupta. Samaya Sundara in Gatha Shastri and Pradumna Suri in Vichara Sari Prakaruna openly declare him as dead in the Sauvat year 535 aud besides it is a very wellknown tradition among the Jaing here that Haribhadra flourished exactly 1000 years after Mahavira. So then there should be. I think, no doubt as to the date of Haribhadra. if more proofs are required, I will inquire and let you know about it.
