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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. XIV.
Déva-påla of Mahodaya is mentioned in the Siyadont inscription (Ep. Ind., Vol. I, p. 177) as the son of Kshiti-pāla, which is evidently & synonym of Mabi-pāla ; but the same Dévapāla is identified by the editor of that inscription with Haya-pati Déva-påla, son of Hēram bapāla, from whom Yaso-varman obtained the celebrated image of Vaikuntha, mentioned in that king's Khajuraho inscription. This has led to the identification of Hèramba-pala, the father of this Dova-påla, with Mahi-pāla or Kahiti-pala, the father of Dēva-pala of Mahodaya. The fact that Höramba and Vinayaka are synonyms lends colour to this view, the result of which is the identification of two kings with two sets of names
(1) Mabi-päla and Kshiti-päla; and (2) Vinayaka-påla and Hēramba-pala,
which is accepted by scholars up to the present and is given in the genealogical tree above; but this identification is based on very blender evidence. That Déva-påla, son of Hēramba-pāla, who is introduced by the minor title of Haya-pati (lord of horses) is the same as Dova-påla of Mahodaya cannot be established on the casual mention of the former in an inscription of a king of a dynasty other than his own. Haya-pati was never the accepted title of the Pratihara kings of Mahodaya and is not met with in their inscriptions; and there is no ground for assum. ing that a scion of the paramount dynasty of the Pratihāras was ever known by that appellation. Besides Mahi-päla and Vinayaka-pāla are known to be two different kings of Mahodaya with different dates which do not overlap; and there is no reason to justify their identification, If this view is accepted and the identification of Hēramba-pāla with Mahi-pāla set aside, this part of the genealogy would stand thus :
VIII. Mahēndra-påla I.
A.D. 893-907
X. Bhoja II.
Mahi-pāla Kshiti-pala
A.D. 914, 917
XI. Vinayaka-pala
A.D. 931
IX.
XII. Mahēndra-påla II.
A.D. 946
XIII. Déva-páls
A.D. 948
XIV. Vijaya-pāla
A.D. 960 (The rest as above.)
PART II.
The second grant beging with a panegyric in praise of the Chāhamans family of kings, which is spoken of as having been the source of great pleagure to king Bhoja-Dera. Then mention is made of Govinda-rāja of this dynasty, who fought against many foes ; his son Durlabha-raja and his son Indra-rāja, who built the great temple dedicated to the sun god al. 14-19). We learn further that Madhava was the great feudatory lord and governor' at Ujjayini and Srisarman-appointed by Kakkata, who was the commander-in-chief serving at the feet of Paramokvara (i.e. Mahendra-pála II.)-was carrying on the affairs of state at Mandapiki (11. 19-20).
The aforesaid Mädbava, son of Damodara, being great fendatory, great governor and Ohargé d'Afaires,' and having come to Ujjayini on business, bathed at the temple of Mahā-kāla,
