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Karnāțaki, Gaudi and the like.-( M. R. Majmudar, Tradition of Folk-dances
in Gujarat', JISOA, 1949). C. 900 The three Muslim historians-Ibn Khurdadba, writer of Kitābu-l Masalik
Wa-l Mamalik (died in 300 A.D.=912 A.D.); Al Biladuri, author of Fatuhu-l Buldan (died in A.H. 279=892-3 A.D.); and Al-Idrisi who was born towards the end of the eleventh century A.D., and wrote Nuzhatu-l Mushtak-had no occasion to visit India, but they have mentioned the political state in that period. They are unanimous with reference to the king of Jurz or Jurr, who was antagonistic towards Balhāra and Islam. Balbāra was the Rāştrakūta king, with his capital at Mankir (Manyakheța).-(Sprengers: Masudi, Preface, quoted by Baij Nath Puri, The History of the Gurjara-Pratihāras, p. 12). Merchant Sulaiman, the writer of Salsilā-tu-t-tawārikh ( 237 A.H.=851 A.D.) describes the king of Jurz having great riches, and having numerous camels and
horses. C. 900 The Cāpa king Dhruvabhata was succeeded by his younger brother Dharari.
varāha. C. 900 From the synonyms given in the Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha we
learn that Surāșțra was famous for its bell-metal, while Vanga was well-known
for its tin-industry. 904 King Jāika of the Saindhava dynasty issued a grant of land to two sons of
Sihāditya on the occasion of a solar eclipse in the G.E. 585 (904 A.D.). The grant was composed by Jajñagya (Morbi Plates : EI., II, 257). The donor seems to be identical with Jāika II, son of Agguka III, whose Ghumli copperedict is dated G. E. 596 ( 915 A.D.):-( A. S. Altekar, EI., XXVI, 195 f.).
The Upamiti-bhava-prapanca kathā is composed by Siddharşi (Thursday, Ist May, V. Sam. 962=906). According to the Prabhāvakacarita of the Jainas, Siddharşi was the grandson of Suprabhadeva, who had two sons, Datta and Subhankara, the latter being Siddha's father. The same authority makes him a cousin of the poet Māgha, who in his Siśupālavadha calls himself a son of Dattaka and grandson of Suprabhadeva. But it is difficult to reconcile this date with those of the various authors who are said to quote from him, as the
period of Māgha's activity falls considerably earlier.-(Ref. circa 650-700 A.D. 910 Kapadvanja copper-plate of Pracanda, son of Dhavalappa, of the Brahma
vāka family, feudatory ruler of a part of Gujarat under Kșşņa II, Rāştrakuța
-S. 832. (910 A.D.).-(EI, i, 52). 910 Subhatunga Akālavarşa Kșşņarāja II issued a grant of land from the terri
tory under the charge of Candragupta, the Dandanāyaka of Mahāsāmanta Pracanda (son of Dhavalppa of Brahmavāka lineage). The grant consisted in the village Vyāghrāsa ( Vaghās) situated in Ruriddhā Ten, in Karpațavāņijya
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