Book Title: Chronology of Gujarat
Author(s): M R Majumdar
Publisher: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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________________ 536 540 540 541 544 549 CIO MAITRAKA-GURJARA PERIOD 145 with the necessaries of life, as well as (mendicants) for worshipping (the idols of) the Buddhas.-(Bühler, IA, IV, 104-7). In course of time, Dudda Vihara' formed the nucleus of an important Vihara-Mandala at Valabhi.-(G. V. Acarya, Gujarat Inscriptions, Vol. I, pp. 36-38). A grant of the village Vataprajyaka was issued by Maitraka Mahārāja Dhruvasena I from a military camp in the (Valabhi) year 217, Asvayuja ba 13 (536 A.D.) to a vihara erected by Acâraya Bhadanta Buddhadasa in the vicinity of the vihara built by Dudda, the daughter of the sister of the grantor. The Dütaka of the edict was Rajasthāniya Bhatti, and was composed by Kikkaka. (JRAS., 1895, 379). From Valabhi, Maitraka Mahārāja Dhruvasena I issued to Brahmaņas Skandatrata and Guhatrata of Bharadvaja gotra, residents of Anandpura a grant of land which was situated at Samihamoara and Sarasvativata. The Dūtaka of the edict was Sūpakarapati Bhatti, which was composed by Kikkaka, and issued in the (Valabhi) year 221, Aśvayuja ba 1 ( 540 A.D.).-( Vävdi Jogiya Plates, VOJ, VII, 297 ). Varāhadāsa II succeeded his elder brother Sura II in the Garulaka lineage. He was a contemporary of the Maitraka king Dhruvasena I. By means of prowess he took possession of Dväraka and styled himself Dvärahadhipati (Lord of Dvårakā). In his prasasti ( eulogy) he is said to have built a number of temples, orchards, monasteries, inns, wells, halls and abodes.-(H. G. Shastri, MG, 223 ff.). Mahasamanta Mahārāja Sangamasimha, of an unknown dynasty, issued from Bharukaccha (Broach) a grant of the village Sonavva (Sunao) situated in Antar-Narmada Visaya. The grant was received by Brähmapas Anantadatta, Prajapatisarman, Sivadeva, Bhänudeva and Bhavaruci. The Dutaka of the edict was Sandhivigrahika Reva. The grant which was composed by Visņusena was issued in Kalacuri era 292, Kārtika su. 15 (541 A.D.).-( Sunao Kala Plates, EI., X, 72). Sangamasimha, was probably a feudatory of Krsparaja (Circa 550-575 A.D.)'s father, whose name unfortunately has not come down to us. In the place of the patronymic which occurs in the legend on Traikutaka coins Krsparaja substituted mäläpitri-pad-anudhyata he who meditates on the feet of his mother and father'. His father's name does not occur even on his coins. Maitraka Mahārāja Dhruvasena I issued from Valabhi a grant of land to a Brahmana of Anartapura in the ( Valabh!) year 226, Kartika su. 15. (544 A.D.). -[Vala Plates, JBBRAS, (NS) I, 16]. From Phankaprasravaṇa, Garulaka ruler Varahadāsa II issued a grant of land to the Nuns' vihara built by merchant Ajita, which seems to have been Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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