Epigraphia Indica Vol 12

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

Page 84

No. 11. ]
KINSARIYA INSCRIPTION OF DADHICHIKA.
few words only can be read out, of which kulan Dahiyakan jatan are clear enough; but no sense can be made out from the rest. The line following, i.e. the last line, is well nigh illegible.
We thus see that the inscription belongs to the reign of a prince called Chaohoha, and that he was a fendatory of Durlabharaja of the imperial Chahamana dynasty reigning at Sambhar. It deserves to be repeated that Chachcha is spoken of as belonging to the Dadhtohiks dynasty, which is also called Dahiyaka. It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that he was what is popularly known as a Dahiya Rajput. The following remarks regarding the Dahiyās may be quoted from the Märwår Census Report1 of 1891 :
« Some people hold that Dahiyas are the one-half race that goes to complete the thirteen and a half races of Rathors. They once ruled over Parbatear and Jalor, but now they are scattered here and there. The old fort of Jalor was constructed by the Dahiyås. They now abound in the districts of Jalor, Bali, Jaswantpuri, Påli, Siwiņa, Sanchor and Mallåni. They observe widow marriage and they are not regarded as of equal position with other Rajputs."
But a detailed and more reliable account of this clan is oontained in Mätä Nonet's chronicle, a summary of which will not here be out of place :
The original seat of the Dahiya Rajpats is reported to be a fortress named Thälnor situated on the banks of the Godavari near modern Násik, whence they migrated into Mårwar. In the Ajmēr province they held the following places, (1) the Dorivar-Parbatsar group of fifty-six villages, (2) Sävar-Ghatiyāli, (3) Hersor, and (4) Märot also called Vilanaviti. All the four villages lie in the north-eastern part of Mārwar. They also owned villages in the southwestern part as well, vis. Jalor and Sánchor. Sinchor is said to have been conquered by Vijayabi with the aid of an ally, the Väghola Mahirävana (sister's son of Vijairaja), from the Dahiya Vijairaja in S. 1142. This event is recorded in a verse quoted below:
धरा धूण धकचाल, कीध दहिया दहव? । सबदी सबलां साल, प्राण मेवास पह? ॥ पालण सुत विजयसी, वंस पासराव प्रागवड़ । खाग त्याग खत्रवाट, सरण विजे पंजर सीहड़ ।। चहुवाण राव चौरंग अचल, नरांनाह अणभंग नर । धु मेर सेस जां लग प्रचल, ताम राज साचोर धर ॥ १ ॥
Mata Nöpsi also gives a list of the Dahiya princes who reigned round about Parbatssr and Marot. He mentions Dadhicha as one of their ancestors and specifies their names as follows from the 26th prince onwards :
No 27 Raba Ráno (who inhabited Rohadi), No. 28 Kadava Raņo. No. 29 Kiratasi Rånd. No. 30 Vairasi Raņð. No. 81 Chacha Råņo (who raised a temple on a bill in the village of Sinahadiya). No. 32 Anavi Udharada (who ruled over Parbatsar and Mārot).
It will be seen that the names Vairasi, Chacha, Udharana of this list (Nos. 30-32) exactly correspond to Vairisimha, Chachcha, and Uddharapa of our inscription. The list, however,
1 Vol. III, p. 17, Hindi volume.
* There are several villages wbich are, collectively, still called Dabiyapatti, as districts of Marot and Parbatant are called Gödați (on account of their having been held by Gaudas) and districts to the north of Jodhpur are called Iudavati (owing to their having formerly been ruled by Inda Rajputs). This name Dahiyapatti is sufficient to testify the fact that Dahiyi held some sort of sway over that part of the country in some past time.