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C. 760 The Pratihāra king Deva-Sakti, with whom begins the dynasty of the
Pratihāras of Kanauj, lived about 760 A.D. He was of the Gurjara-Pratihāra family, and ruled at Bhinmāl.
Silāditya VI, Maitraka king of Valabhi, was reigning in successien to his
father Sīlāditya V. 765 In Brāhmaṇa-vațaka ( modern Brāhmaṇa-vādā) there was a Jaina temple.
It was restored in V. S. 821 ( 765 A.D.) by Porvāda Mantri Sāmanta, who restored goo Jaina temples at the instance of Jayānanda Sūri.-( JTSS-Vol. I,
pt. II, p. 271). 766 The Aliņā plates record a grant of land by Maitraka P. M. P. Silāditya VI.
The royal edict of the grant was issued from the victorious camp at Anandapura and executed by Siddhasena, designated Mahāpratihāra, Mahākṣapatalika, Rājakula. It was issued in Jyeștha su. 5 of the (Valabhi) year 447 (766 A.D.). The subject of donation was the village Mahilasabali in Uppalahețā Pathaka in Khetaka Āhāra. The donee was Bhatta Akhandalamitra of Sārkarākşi gotra, resident of Anandapura. The grant was composed by Gadaha, designated Pratinartaka, Kulaputrāmātya.—(CII., III, 171 ff.).
This is the last known copper-plate inscription of the Maitraka dynasty. 766
(G. Sam. 447 ) Aliņā copper-plates : Silāditya VI, Dhruvabhața of Valabhi, son and successor of Silāditya V.
The Maitraka family of Valabhi was overthrown after this time by an expedition from Sindh under Amru ibn Jamāl.-(IA, VII, 79; CI., ii, 171 ).
Niya, also called Ninnaya, and popularly known as Nina, was a Srimāli by caste. He, as a minister of Vanarāja Cāvadā, got built a temple of Lord Rşabha
in Anahilvāļa Patan, (See, the colophon-v. 9, of Mallināhacariyam of Haribhadra Sūri, quoted in JTSS-Vol. I, p. 57-and SHJL-p. 173, in about V. S. 825) for Vidyadhara gaccha.
This Nina, a predecessor of minister Vimala was first staying in Srimāla. Later on, he settled down in Gāmbhu. Vanarāja invited him to come to Pāțan. Nina's son Lahara was made a danda-näyaka by Vanarāja.-(Ibid, -p. 69). Descendants of Nina were ministers one after the other for Caulukya rulers upto Kumārapāla.-( JTSS-Vol. I, pt. I, p. 57; Vide, Pandit Lalchand Gandhi's paper on Mantri Vimala and his Mantri-Vamśa': Gujarat Itihāsa Sammelana Proceed
ings, 1945.) 4 The city of Osiā, formerly known as Melāpura Pațšana, is the original place
of the Osavāla Jainas. There is a Jaina temple having a very big image of Lord Mahāvira. According to Pt. Gaurishankar Ojha, this temple was built in circa V. S. 830 in the time of King Vatsarāja. In the N. E. of this temple there is a mānastambha, a pillar. It has an inscription dated V.S. 952 (896 A.D.) (JTSS-Vol. I, pt. 2, 174).
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