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No. 41.) THE GARAVAPADU GRANT OF GANAPATIDEVA, SAKA 1182.
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This inscription is the second copper-plate record, hitherto found, of the Kakatiya dynasty. The one already discovered also belongs to the time of King Ganapati and is published in the Nellore Inscriptions. It is dated in the Saka year 1176 corresponding to the cyclic year Ananda and is thus six years earlier than the grant under notice.
In verses 1 to 6 are praised in order Vighnarāja (i.e., Vināyaka), Varāha, Sarasvati," the moon-crest of Sambhu, the Lord of Ambikā (i.e., Siva), and Vishņu. Verse 7 gives the description of the Lotus coming out of the navel of Vishņu from which was born the fourfaced Brahmā (verse 8). Verses 9 and 10 state that from his oye came Aditya (i.e., Sun) and from him came Manu who was a king that regulated the castes (varnas) and (their) duties (dharmas) etc. The genealogy from Aditya given in the record is as follows:
Aditya.
Manu.
Kalikāla-Chāļa.
Durjjaya.
Prola.
Rudra.
Mahādēva.
Ganapatidēva.
Kalikāla-Chola is stated to have gone to the Dakshiņāpatha in the course of a hunting expedition (verse 11). Alighting there upon a famous town called 'Kakati' he pitched his extensive camp near it (verse 12). King Durjjaya who had the epithet Rana-durjaya' (invin. cible in war) was the next notable member of this family by whom the line of the Kākati kings was first established (verse 13). Then is mentioned (verse 14) King Prola i.e., Prola II according to the genealogy of the Mõtupalli record of Ganapatidēva. His son was Rudra'(verse 15) who was succeeded by his younger brother Mahădēva whose elephants made a breach in the ramparts of the residence of the Sēvuņa (king) (verse 16). His son was King Ganapatidēva whose
1 Copper-plate No. 17.
* The expression actually used is 'Sīrasvatākhyam-tējak' by which it is clear the author is glorifying the goddess Sarasvati.
* A Copper-plate grant of about the 7th century A.D. (No. 6 of Appendix A to the Emigraphical Report for 1916-17) mentions Mahārāja Rana-durjaya as the founder of the family to which king Prithivi-Mahārāja of the record belonged. He belonged to the Kafyapa-gotra. It may be recalled here that Karikāla-Chola and his descendants claimed to belong to this götra and that the long inscription at Malkapuram refers to the Kakatiyas as Durjaya-Kshatriyas (pigraphical Report for 1916-17, page 122, para. 32).
Ep. Ind., Vol. XII, page 189. Prof. Hultzsch remarks here that the first king of this dynasty, Prola I is not mentioned in any other Kakatiya inscription.' It may, however, be noted that he is the earlier of the two "Prolas' mentioned in No. 107 of the Madras Epigraphical Collection for 1902. From No. 204 of 1905 it is
om that Pron II had two other song, viz., Harihara and Ganapati, not generally known. Of the Gapapati probably died at an early ago.
This must be the Dévagiri Yadava king Bhillama who reigned from A.D. 1187 to 1191 or Jaitugi I who reigned from A.D. 1191 to 1210 (Bom. Gax., Volume I, Part 2, page 519). Mahidöva's latest year would be A.D. 1197 or 1198.
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