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

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________________ 190 CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT 730 730 ine 730 c. 731 The Cāhamāna ruler Dhrubhata succeeded his father Haradaman.-( Hansot Plates of Bhartrvaddha II ; EI, XII 197 ff. ): The invasion of Gujarat by the Tājikas or Arabs seems to have occurred in his reign. It is mentioned in the grant of the Gujarat Cālukya Pulikesin (738 A.D.), which states that Sindh, Kaccha, Saurāṣtra and the whole of Gujarat as far as Nausari were subdued, and that the Gurjara king was one of the conquered princes.-(IA, V, 110, Kāvi copper-plate ; xiii, 70; Nausāri copper-plate). After being invaded by the Tajikas or Arabs in the 8th cenrury, the Bharukaccha kingdom was finally conquered about 800 A.D. by the Rāșțrakūta Govinda III, who made over Central Gujarat or Lāța to his brother Indra, first of the Gujarat Branch of the Răstrakūta dynasty, which held that part of the country for more than 100 years.-(IA, XVII, 191; Bom. Gaz. I 312, n. 7). The Gurjara ruler Ahirola was succeeded by his son Jayabhața IV. Jayabhat IV, latest known Gurjara of Bharukaccha, son and successor of Dadda V, is represented in Kāvi grant (V.S. 486 ) as quieting the impetuosity of the lord of Valabhi (Sīlāditya V or VI ). The Cālukya king Jayāśraya Mangalaras, younger son of the Cālukya Dharāśraya Jayasimhavarman, was ruling in Gujarat as feudatory of the W. Cālukyas. King Jayāśraya Mangalaras, was the donor of a grant of four villages dated Saka year 653 ( 731 A.D.) who was the son and successor of DharāśrayaJayasiṁha, progenitor of the Cālukyan branch, established to rule over South Gujarat, North Konkan and the Nāsik Dist. The donee was Bhatta Śridharagupta, a resident of Kāñcipura. The grant was made on the occasion of a lunar eclipse in Āśvayuja of Saka year 653 (731 A.D.) Jayasiṁha himself ruled over the Năsik district from about 671 to 695 A.D. The Yuvarāja ( crown-prince) Śrāśraya-Silāditya ruled over South Gujarat, at least upto 693 A. D., while his younger brother JayāśrayaMangalarasa ruled over North Konkan upto at least 731 A.D. In South Gujarat Śrāśraya-Silăditya predeceased his father and was succeeded by his younger brother Avanijanaśraya-Pulakesin. Mangalerasa is already known to have issued two grants of land-one in the Saka year 613 (691 A. D. ), and the other in the Saka year 653 ( 731 A. D.). The earlier grant which is published in detail (EI, XXVIII, 17 ) records the grant of land, situated in the Kurata vişaya ( in North Konkan ). Dr. Bhagvanlal's notice in JBBRAS, Vol. XVI, p. 5 mentions it as issued from Mangalapuri, while this grant was issued from Sripura.-(H. G. Shastri, " Kaccha Plates of Jaysimha-Mangalarasa of $. 653"-Summary of Papers, XXth All India Oriental Conference, 195), p. 118.). 731 Jain Education Interational For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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