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

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________________ 242 CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT grāma (modern Siva) in the Dendavāņaka Vişaya (modern Dindwana) in the Gurjaratrābhūmi which had been made by the king's great-grand-father Mahāràja Vatsarāja, and continued by his grandfather, Mahārāja Nāgabhaţadeva, but which had fallen into abeyance in his reign.-(EI, V, p. 211; JBBRAS, XX, p. 440). King Bhojadeva is mentioned as granting a village called Sivagrāma, situated in the Dendavāpaka Visaya, which, it is stated, formed part of the Gurjaratrā bhūmi'.-Cf.' TATHAT Tosatua728-73 M ATER EI., V., p. 211). Since it is clear ( as pointed out by Dr. Kielhorn) that Dend, vāņaka is the town Didwana in the old Jodhpur State and Sivagrāma, the village of Seva, 7 miles north-east of Didwana, it follows that the territory round Jodhpur in Rajputana was known in the 8th century A.D., as the land of the Gurjaras'. 844 The Eastern Calukya, Vijayāditya III, Gunaka, eldest son, succeeded his father Vişnuvardhana V, till 888 A.D. The Idar grant of Āmma I says of Vijayāditya that " Challenged by the lord of the Rattas, he conquered the unequalled Gangas; cut off the head of Mangi in battle; and frightened the firebrand Kșşna (probably Krşņa II, Rāştra kūța ), and completely burned his city."-(IA., XX, 102-3). 844 During the Rāştrakūta regime, roads to adjoining villages were laid out and kept in repairs by the village settlements. The road going from one village to another is often mentioned in inscriptions as a boundary on one direction of the fields, given in charity :-(Cf. qaa: 117 raaifaqet: i fa: 447acia a graif 041: 1-( Kāvi Plates of Govinda III, S. 749).-(IA, V, 145 ). 845-46 The Partābgarh inscription ( 845-46 A.D.) of Pratihāra king Mahendra păla II shows that the Pratihāras had recovered possession of Malwa including Mandu and Ujjain; however, their hold over Gujarat and Saurāṣtra grew precarious. They could not effectively checkmate the northern campaigns of the Rāşțrakūțas, their southern rivals.-(DHNI, Vol. II, p. 582-83, 585-87). C. 850 The literary tradition about the 'Danda Rāsaka' (found illustrated as a tempera painting at Bāgh, see year C. 470 ) is referred to by Abhinavagupta (9th century) in his commentary on Natya Sastra, while discussing the peculiarties of Rāsaka and Hallisaka. Practically he quotes from ancient texts : ago fotoga: 1 मण्डलेन तु यन्नृत्यं हल्लीसकमिति स्मृतम् । एकस्तत्र तु नेता स्याद् गोपस्त्रीणां यथा हरिः ।। अनेकनर्तकीयोज्यं चित्रताललयाश्रितम् । आचतुःषष्ठीयुगलैः रासकं मसृणोद्धतम् ।। The dance in the circular motion, wherein one leads and others follow, jut as Sri Kļşņa led the Gopis, is called 'Hallisaka'. In this variety of the dance, Jain Education Intemational For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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