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CHIRAVA INSCRIPTION OF SAMARASIMHA; SAMVAT 1330.
rulers is not complete) he is designated as father of Guhila which is evidently wrong. In the Kumbhalgarh1 inscription, dated V. S. 1517 he is placed fifth from Guhila which seems also to be wrong, for in the Aṭapur inscription, dated Samvat 1034 which is earlier than the Kumbhalgarh inscription and in which the genealogy of the early rulers of Mewar is complete and correct, this (fifth) place is occupied by Sila, although there is no mention of the name of Bäpä in it. Thus Sila of the Atapur inscription is Bappa of the Kumbhalgarh inscription, so that Bappa or Bapa may be identified with Sila (Siladitya). But, the discovery of Siläditya's inscription, dated V. S. 703, and of his son Aparajita, dated V. S. 718, annuls this identification of Bapa with Sila; there being a difference of about 70 years between this date of Sila and that of Bapa specified above. In the Atapur inscription, after Aparajita, come the names of Mahendra, Kalabhōja and Khumana in succession. In Rajputānā Khumana is said to be the son of Bapa, i.e., Bāpā was the father of Khumana and hence he is to be identified with Kalabhōja, who is mentioned in all the above-named inscriptions. The date of Bapa according to this assumption will not differ much from that of Kalabhōja, if an average rule of 25 years be assigned to each of the preceding rulers Aparajita and Mahendra (II).
Jaitrasimha (V. 5) was one of the most powerful kings of Mewar. He is also known by the names Jayatala. Jayasimha, Jayatasimha and Jaitsi.10 His name is not mentioned by Col. Tod in his Rajasthan. He was the grand-father of Samarasimha, to whose time the present record belongs. He fought many battles with the Sultans of Delhi, Gujarat, Malwa and the rulers of Marwar, Jangala and Sind." The inscriptions of his time show that he ruled at least for 39 years. Tējaḥsimha (V. 7) was the son and successor of Jaitrasimha and ascended the throne between Samvat 13091 and 131713 (A.D. 1253 and 1261). During his time Mewar seems to have been attacked by Visaladeva, the Baghela Rānā of Dhölkä, who afterwards became the ruler of Gujarat.14 He died between Samvat 1324 and 1330 (A.D. 1267 and 1273). Much is already known about Samarasimha (V. 8), who succeeded his father Tējaḥsimha about Samvat 1330 (A.D. 1273). He seems to have protected Gujarat when it was attacked by the Muhammadans (Sultan of Delhi, most probably Ghyasuddin Balban, A.D. 1265-1287). He also protected the Mewar country when Ulugh Khan, the younger brother of 'Alauddin, started from Delhi for Gujarat.17 The inscriptions of his time range from Samvat 1330 to 135818 (A.D. 1274 to 1301). There is nothing worth mentioning about Padmasimha (V. 4) and Mathanasimha (V. 10) except that they followed in succession on the throne of Mewar and were the father and grand-father respectively of Raval
1 Noted in PRAS, WC, 1905-06, p. 61, No. 2214.
Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXIX, p. 187.
Above, Vol. XX, P. 97.
Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 31.
Ind. Ant., Vol. LIX, p. 165, notes 26 and 27. Also Tod's Rajasthan, Vol. I, p. 250, n. 2.
He has been identified with Khōmāna I (Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXIX, p. 190).
"Hammiramadamardana of Jayasimhasüri, p. 27.
Annual Report of the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, 1924-25, p. 2, No. III. Ibid., p. 2, No. II.
10 In bardic chronicles.
11 Ind. Ant., Vol. LVII, pp. 31-33.
13 This is the date of the last manuscript of Jaitrasimha's time.
13 This is the date of the first manuscript of Tejahsimha's time.
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14 Ind. Ant., Vol. VI, p. 210, plate I, 1. 4 and Vol. LIX, p. 166.
15 Ind. Ant., Vol. XVI, p. 350, V. 46.
16 Edward Thomas, The Pathan Kings of Delhi, p. 7.
17 Ind. Ant., Vol. XXVI, pp. 194-95.
18 An. Rep. Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, 1920-21, p. 4, No. VIII.
