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316 AN EARLY HISTORY OF ORISSA
We gather from the Hāthigumphā record' that one of his Queens (Chief Queen) was of Vajra family. In the light of our suggestion, Dr. Seth concludes, that Gardabhila and Khāravela may be identical, it may be surmised that Khāravela's Queen of the Vajra family may be the sister of Kālaka and the daughter of Vajrasimha.?
Now, as to the identification of Vajiraghara, K. P. Jayaswali mentions that Vajiraghara remained under the same namie till the 12th Century A. D., when it is mentioned by Kulottunga Chola I (or the Chalukya-Chola Rajendra Chola II), as Vayirgara in the Tiruvorriyūr Adhipurīśvara Temple Inscription of his second year. It states that Rājakesari Varman alias Rajendra Chola II captured elephants at this place and defeated the king Dhārā at Chakrakoțța. In the Pāņdava-Perumāļ temple at Conjeeveram, another Tamil inscription of the Afth year of the same king informs us that the king's victories at Vajiragara and Chakrakotta were gained while he was the heir-apparent i. e. before the 8th October 1070 A. D. Chakrakoțța has been correctly identified by R. B. Hiralal with Chakrakoțiya in the Bastar state of the Madhya Pradeśa. It is, therefore, certain that this Vajiragara is the same as modern Wairagndh in the Chanda district in the Madhya Pradeśa. Kielhorn restores the name Vayiragara as Vajrākara. The form Vahiraghara in this record shows that the original form was Vajra-grila (or Vajra.gadha in Prakrit) which came to be written as Vayiragrām in Tamil. Both Chakra-koțiya au Wairagadh are on the road from central Kalinga to southern Malwa.
1. BORS, Vol. III, p. 227.
2. Some of the stories iu popular tradition connected with Vikrmā. ditya and his father Gandharvasena make out the latter as the king of Dharanagara-Tenzer, Ocean of Stories, Vol. VI.
3. JBORS, Vol. III, Pt. IV, pp. 469 f; Banerji, Ho, Vol. I. pp. 77-78.
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