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(quelya FH-484f nato a 274971 v. 22). It is also noticed in this record that Harsa, the Emperor, from the north did not succeed in penetrating to the south of the Revā i.e. the Narmada, where Pulakesin's armies were encamped.
Dhruvasena II of Valabhi, about 635 A.D. was defeated by Harşavardhana and became his feudatory and son-in-law. Harşa apparently became master of Anandapura (Vadnagar), Kaccha and Southern Surāṣṭra and finally extended his empire to inclui e the basin of the Ganges from the Himalayas to the Narmadā, Malwa, Gujarat and Surāșțra.
An expedition was sent in the reign of the second Khalifa Umar bin Khattab, but without his sanction. When he heard that Uthman-ath-Thakafi, his governor of Behrein had returned successful from Hind, the Khalifa wrote to Uthman: "Brother of Thakif! thou hast placed the worm in the wood, but by Allah ! had any of my men been lost, I should have killed an equal number from thy tribe.” This is mentioned by the Arab historian Al-Bilazuri in his history, "Futuh-u'l-buldan".
This indicates two things: first, Umar had gauged more or less correctly, the possibilities inherent in similar ventures; but, secondly, he considered the risks, in his time, to be above the undertaking of similar expeditions.-(Bom. Gaz. IX. 1 ff. 1).
From a victorious camp (the name of the place not read satisfactorily; possibly it is Bhadrapaļšana), Maitraka King Dhruvasena II dedicated the village Nagadinnánaka in Rohāņaka Pathaka in Surāṣtra to a Bhikṣuni-vihāra erected by Pūrņabhatta within the Yakşaśūra-Vihāra-Mandala at Valabhi. The Dütaka of the royal edict was Samanta Silāditya and the grant was composed by Divirapati Skandabhata and issued in the Valabhi year 319, Jyeștha su. 7 (638 A.D.).-(Valā Plates, JUB, III, 88).
H. 15. Usman Ibn Asi Saqafi, governor of Bahrain and Uman, under the Khalifah Umar, appointed his brother Hakim to Bahrain, and proceeding himself to Uman, sent an expedition to pillage the coasts of India. About the same time Hakim sent a force against Broach, and despatched his brother Mughirah Abu-l-Asi to Dibal where he defeated the enemy. The Cacanāmā represents him as being slain.-(EHI, i, 415-16).
A grant of land which was originally issued by Maitraka Mahārāja Droņasimha in the form of a copper-edict (tāmraśāsana ) and which had been in abeyance in the intervening period, was renewed by king Dhruvasena II, Bālāditya, in (Valabhi) year 320, Āsādha su.-(639 A.D.). The grant was dedicated to the image of) Goddess Kottammahikā installed at Trisangamaka. The Dütaka of the royal edict was Prince Kharagraha. The grant was issued from Valabhi and composed by Divirapati Skandabhața, son of Divirapati Vatrabhatti.--( Jackson, The Two New Valabhi Plates', JBBRAS, XX, pp. 2).
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