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CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT S. 114--Silver coins struck by Rudrasimha I, as Mahākṣatrapa.---( Rapson, ibid, 92; D. R. Bhandarkar, op. cit., 227 ff.)
$. 115–Rudrasimha I struck silver coins as Mahākṣatrapa.-( Rapson, ibid, 92).
$. 116-Silver coins were struck by Rudrasimha I as Mahākşatrapa.(Rapson, ibid, 93).
$. 117-Silver coins were struck by Mahākṣatrapa Rudrasimha I(G. V. Acharya, JRASB, NS, XLVII, 97).
S. 118-Silver coins were struck by Rudrasimha I as Mahākṣatrapa( Rapson, ibid., 93).
A fragmentary stone-inscription in Junagadh Museum records some events related to Vastradatta, Vastunandika, Vastusarmaka and Rāmaka, and refers it to the reign of Ksatrapa Svāmin Jivadāman.-(EI, XVIII, 339).
As Jivadāman struck coins as Mahākṣatrapa (in years 119-120 ), his reign as Ksatrapa should be dated not later than $. year 118.
S. 120—Silver coins were struck by Jivadaman, son of Dāmajāda I as Mahākșatrapa. The coins are of the usual type. The legend is a HTTHETH TAZA पुत्रस । राज्ञो महाक्षत्रपस जीवदामस। राज्ञो महाक्षत्रपस्य दामजातस्य पुत्रस्य राज्ञो महाक्षत्रपस्य जीवदाम्नः । -(Rapson, op cit., 84)
Silver coins struck by Mahākṣatrapa Rudrasimha I (G. V. Acharya, op.cit., 98) indicate that Rudrasimha I was succeeded by Jivadāman during this year.
The reading of the year 1(00) on his coins led to the assumption of his two different reigns interrupted by the reign of MKS, Rudrasimha I, (Rapson, ibid. CXXIV f.); but the reading now seems doubtful, and Jivadāman seems to have been Mahākṣatrapa only in succession to Rudrasimha I.
With the reign of Jivadāman, son of Dāmajādśri I, begins the series of dated coins. From this time onwards, the silver coins of the dynasty regularly have the year of their issue recorded in Brāhmi numerals on the obverse, behind the king's head.-( Rapson, loc. cit., p. cxxiv)
$. 119-Jivadāman struck coins in potin also. The obverse bears a figure of a humped bull and the legend on the reverse is राज्ञो महाक्षत्रपस जीवदामन....। -(Rapson, ibid, 85).
Caitra sukla 5-The stone-inscription of Jayadāman's grandson in Sanskrit from the Bawa Pyara caves at Junagadh records a technical phrase connected with Jainism, meaning those who have acquired 'absolute knowledge' (haa) and is dated during the reign of the grandson of Räjan Kşatrapa Svämin Jayadāman, whose name is lost in the missing fragment of the stone. The king may be either Dämghsāda I or Rudrasimha I, son of Mahākṣatrapa Rudra
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