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kings of the Jayadratha-vāṁsa. The donee was Śrotriya Damodara, son of Candāita, an adhvaryu Brāhmaṇa of the Bhardvāja gotra, and an inhabitant of Anhilapura. Bāşkala may have been a feudatory of Mülaraja Caulukya (C. 961-996).
This inscription discloses the existence of a new dynasty of rulers at Bhūtāmbili in the second half of the 10th Century, which was previously the capital of the Saindhavas of the Jayadratha-vamsa. "
An interval of nearly three quarters of a century is known between the records of Jāika II and Başkala, both issued from the same city. During this interval the dynasty of the Saindhavas of the Jayadratha-vamśa, seems to have been extirpated and new rulers were established in the city, which is described here as a smaller geographical unit round Bhūtāmbili, called Jyesthukadeśa, which name reminds us of the Jethvās, who are among the inhabitants of the area even today. According to tradition, Ghumli was the capital of Jethyā Rājputs, the Rāņās of Porbunder. If Bāşkala was a Jyeșthuka, the Jethvā Rāņās of Porbunder may be regarded as his distant descendants. Jethvās' were so called, because they ruled over Jyesthuka-deśa.
In the grant of the village, the western boundary is given as Paura-velākula, i.e. the modern Porbunder (literally, the harbour of Pôr = Paura). Thus this inscription points to the existence of Porbunder as a harbour, as early as the 10th Century A.D.-(D. C. Sircar, 'Ghumli Plates of Bāşkaladeva', CI., XXXI, No. 1, January 1955).
The Răstrakūta P.M.P. Pșthvivallabha Nityavarşa Indrarāja III issued from his capital Mānyakheța a grant of land to Prabhākara Bhatta of Lakşmaņa gotra in the $. 836, Phälguna śuddha 7 (915 A.D.). The grant was made by the king when he came to Kurundaka, and undertook the tulā-puruşa ceremony on the occasion of Pattabandha and made a donation of 400 villages (including Kurundaka ) along with an amount of 20 lacs of drammas. The land consisted in the village Umbara Bagumrā) near Kammanijja (Kamrej) in Lātadeśa. The grant was composed by Trivikrama Bhatta, indentified with the author of Madalasācampū.-( Bagumra Plates, EI, IX, 24 ff.).
The Rāştrakúța P.M.P. Nityavarşa Narendradeva (i.e. Indrarāja III) of Mānyakheţa issued in S. 836 (915 A.D.) another grant of land on the same occasion. The grant consisted in the village Tenna (Ten) near Kaimanijja (Kamrej) in the Lāțadeśa and was received by Sidha Bhatta, an emigrant from Pāțalīputra. This grant also was composed by Trivikrama Bhatta,--- (Bagumra Plates, EI., IX, 24 ff.).
From this Tenna a sculpture of Vişnu, of an earlier period is discovered by Dr. R. N. Mehta.-( See Antiquities'; p. 209 infra).
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