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of A.D.739, which speaks of the conferring of the four titles upon the fendatory Chalukya prince Avanijanåsraya-Pulakêsirêja of Gujarât, denotes the paramount sovereign, who conferred them, by the appellation Srivallabhanarendra," the king Srivallabha,"l meaning, no doubt, Vikramaditya II., of the main line of Bâdâmi. It may be added that, in the Bagumrå grant of A.D. 655 of the Sêndraka prince Prithivivallabha-Nikumbhallasakti, the name of the Dataka, or messenger for the conveyance of the grant, is given as Srivallabhs-Bappa ;' this, again, is perhaps to be accounted for by an explanation similar to that suggested above for the possession of the biruda Prithivivallabha by Nikumbhallasakti himself.
These two special birudas, Pțithivivallabba and Srivallabha, were thus unquestionably taken over by the Rashtra kůțas of MÁlkhed, with the appellations Vallabha and Vallabharaja, from their predecessors, the Western Chalukyas of Båd&mi. How far the amplification of the list of birudas ending in vallabha,- of which we have also Kalivallabha in the case of Dhruva, Janavallabha in the case of Govinda III., and Lakshmivallabha in the case of Amôghavarsha I.,- was a Râshtrakūta idea, will probably become more clear hereafter. But a passage in the Nerur grant of Mangalega can hardly be construed except as establishing for Palaké in I. the biruda of Lôkavallabha, which is of practically the same purport as Janavallabha. And it thas appears not impossible that we may find, on closer scrutiny, that the Western Chalukyas themselves bad a more extensive list of vallabha-appellations than now seems to have been the case.
The appellations by which the earlier members of the family were remembered
in later times. We wind up this study by noting the appellations by which the earlier members of the family were best remembered in later times. For this purpose we have to quote, among the Rashtrakata records themselves, certain compositions which, as already remarked, depart altogether from the early standard drafts; namely, the Nausâri grants of A.D. 915,4 the Sångli grant of A.D. 933,5 the Dêôli grant of A.D. 940,6 the Karhad grant of A.D. 959,7 and the Karda grant of A.D. 972,8 and, among extraneous records, the Bhadana Silâhâra grant of A.D. 997 and the Khårêpåtan Silâbara grant of A.D. 1008.10
In the case of the first paramount king, Dantidurga, there is curiously revived in the Bhâdâna grant the variant of his name, Dantivarman, which is presented by the verse at the end of his Sâmångad grant of A.D. 754, and of which there is at present, in his case, no trace in any of the intervening records. In the other seven records, he is mentioned by only the name of Dantidurga or Dantidurgarija.
His paternal uncle and successor Krishna I. is mentioned, in all the eight records, by only his proper name, as Krishnaraja.
Govinda II., the elder son of Krishna I., is not mentioned, or in any way alluded to, in the Nausâri grants. The other six records all mention bim as Govindaraja.
Dhruva is mentioned by his proper name in only the Bhadana grant, which speaks of him as Dhruv-Anka adhiraja," the king, who had the mark, stigma, or brand, of Dhruva," and does not exhibit any of his other appellations. The other seven records all mention him as Nirupama. But the Debli and Karhad grants use also his well established biruda Kalivallabha. And the Sangli grant puts forward for him a very questionable new biruda in the form of Iddhatējas.
Loe oit. (page 191 above, note 6), text line 38-34. • Ind. Ant. Vol. XVIII. p. 269, text line 38.
Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 161, text line 5. • Jour, Bo. Br. R. 41. Soc. Vol. XVIII. pp. 257, 261. Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 247.
Above, Vol. V. p. 188.
7 Above, Vol. IV. p. 278. lud, 4st. Vol. Xll. p. 263.
Above, Vol. IIl. p. 267. * Above, Vol. III. p. 292.
