Epigraphia Indica Vol 12

Author(s): Sten Konow
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. XII.
(i.6. Firoz), and then Mu'izz-ud-din and Násir-ud-din (song of Shams-ud-din No. 4) have been mentioned; but the correct list is that given by Firishta. Again, & reference to Nos, 12 and 13 will show that Shahâb-ud-din (No. 12) has been put in before Ald-ud-din (No. 13) in the prasasti, simply because the former was the father of the latter ; but his name has been expunged by the Firishta, because he never ruled, and in his place Jalal-ud-din has been mentioned, who actually ruled. Shahab-ud-din's name is merely mentioned by the Firishta as the father of Ala-ud-din but not as Emperor.
After this mention of the dynasty of the Muhammadan Emperors who ruled over Delhi, the inscription supplies us with four names of the genealogy of Sadhārana, who caused the step-well to be construoted. It is stated that in a village named Ui there lived a Kshatriya of the Käsyapa gòtra named Bhuvanapāla. Similarly, in the genealogy of his mother there is also a mention of Sāhirapa being a Kshatriya of the Srimad götra. And, again, his father-in-law's ancestor is also styled as a Kshatriya. So we see that the same word Kshatriya has been used in all the three genealogies, which leads us to believe that Sådhārapa was a Khattri by caste and not a Kājput; because, firstly, Brahmapic gotras are, as a rule, not specified of Rajput families ; secondly, if he had been really a Rajput, his sept such as Chähamana, Paramāra, and so forth, would certainly have been mentioned ; thirdly, Sadharana was the treasurer of the Emperor Alä-ud-din (vide verse 13 supra), which office is never held by the Rajputs; fourthly, during the reign of the Muhammadan Emperors the community of Khattris had attained both name and fame, which is a very well-known fact. The Khattris had then taken to service in the military as well as the civil line. In verse 13 there occurs a word Pura-pati which means either (1) " lord of & village named 'Puri'," or (2) " lord in former times"; but as there is no word to fill up the ellipsis to show of which place he was the lord in former times, it would appear that " lord of (a village called) Pură” is the meaning. intended by the prasasti-kdra. This view is further strengthened by the fact that there is a village named Khanpura, 3 miles from Ladoù, the second component of which was, perhaps, at first used to denote the village, the prefir Khan being added in later times when it was granted to a Mubammadan Khan. The words mahd-tha fri-Sadharana- in the marginal line of the left side of the stone, also further support this fact, as Sådhårana is called & maha tha, which apparently stands for maha-thakkura, as the lord of a village is called a Thakor or a Jägirdār. Moreover, the Khattris still now use the word Thakar when writing letters to their admdhis, or fathers of their children-in-law.
The following table contains the genealogical trees of the three families given in our inscription :Bhuvanapala
Saharana
Haripāla (married Susila) Nálhada
Sadada (married Jobi)
Jaunapala Kirtipala
Nägi (daughter) (married Nálhada)
Juma
(wife of Sådhårans)
(married Joi) Sadharapa (married Nagi)
Nalhada (daughter) (mother of Sadharana)
[The list of succession in the Palam Boli Inscriptiop is-1, Sahavadida ; 2, Khutuvadina ; 3, Semasadina; 4. Phörajasahi; 5, Jalaludios; 6, Maujadina; 7, Alävadina; 8, Nasarading ; 9, Hammira Gayandina. cf. Journ. Beng. 41. Soc., Vol. XLIII, Pt. 1, pp. 104 ff.-S. K.]