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

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________________ 180 CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT 667 C. 669 669 669 670 670 (G. Sam. 348-356 ) Silāditya II of Valabhi, nephew and successor of Kharagraha II, and son of a Silāditya who according to the grants, did not reign at Valabhi.-(IA, V, 208, n; El, iv, 74). Śryāśraya Śilāditya; son of the Cālukya Dharāśraya Jayasiṁhavarman, was ruling in Gujarat (669-691 ), as heir-apparent. Vil ramadit Vikramāditya I, successor of Pulakesi II, extended his sway over South I Gujarat and put it under the charge of his younger brother Jayasimhavaraman alias Dharăsraya.-(Navsari Plates; EI; VIII, 229 ff.). The Lunsadi Plates record a grant of land, issued by the Maitraka king Śīlāditya III in the (Valabbi) year 350, Phālguna ba. 3 (669 A.D.), from his victorious camp at Khetaka, to Brāhmaṇa Bhatti and Iśvara of Daundavya (?) gotra, who were emigrants from Dvipa (Div]). The land consisted in three pieces of fields and one step-well, situated in Desenaka near Madhumati (Mahuvā) in Surāṣtra. The Dütaka was prince Dhruvasena. The grant was composed by Divirpati Aṇhila.-(Lunsaņi Plates, EI, IV 74). The Cāhamāna ruler Maheśvaradāman was succeeded by his son Bhimadāman.-(Hānsot Plates of Bhartsivaddha II: El ; XII 197 ff.). The Gurjara ruler Jayabhata II was succeeded by his son Dadda III alias Bāhusāhaya'. He was a 'Parama Māheśvara' (great devotee of Maheśvara or Siva). I-Tsing was another Chinese traveller, who following in the wake of Fa-Hian and Hiuen Tsang, came to India, early in 671 A.D. Unlike both these pilgrims who were Mahāyānists, I-Tsing belonged to the Mūla-sarvāsti-vāda school of Hina Yana. Though he did not actually visit the Western sea-board of India, he has left important notes for the study of two important Buddhist centres of his time, viz., Nalanda in Bihar and Valabhi in Saurāştra. I-Tsing records in his book ' A Record of the Buddhist Religion' (translated by Takakusu, Introduction, p. XXII) that the Aryya Sammatiya sect was the most flourishing in Lāța ( Gujarat ) and Sindh, during his days. He asserts that there were a few monks belonging to the Āryya Mahāsamghika, Āryya Sthavira and Mula Sarvāstivādi sects in these two countries. I-Tsing, recognised the real merit of Valabhi as an educational centre of Buddhism, when he tells us that " during his life-time ( 671-695 A.D.) Valabhi and Nalanda were the only two monasteries which compared favourably with the universities like Chin-ma, Shin-chu, Lung-men and Chine-li in China. Eminent scholars and accomplished men used to gather there in crowds to discusss possible and impossible doctrines. They proceeded to the Royal Court to try the sharpness of their wits, to present their schemes and to show their 671 671 Jain Education Intemational For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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