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[VOL. XXVIII Gokarna who was the other chief, besides Chodaganga, stated to have been defeated by Ratnadēva II has not satisfactorily been identified either. Prof. Mirashi considered it likely that Gokarna was another name of Jaţēšvara, the son of Chodaganga." I may, in this connection, draw attention to a Gökarna, & Telugu Choda prince of Vardhamanapura (Hyderabad), of whose reign there is a record at Elēsvaram in the Nizam's dominions, dated Chālukya-Vikrama year 33 (wrong), Plava, i.e., 1126-7 A. C.. A few other members of his family are also known from inscriptions to have been ruling parts of Hyderabad territory.: Gökarna of the Elēšvaram record cited above is evidently the same as the homonymous person mentioned in the Anmakonda inscription of Kakatiya Rudra (1162 A. C.) and of whom it is stated in that record that he was murdered by his own brother Bhima. Since his date, i.e., 1127 A. C. would make him a contemporary of Ratnadēva II, the father of Prithvidēva II of our record, it is not unlikely that he was the Gokarna whom Ratnadēva II is stated to have defeated. Whether Gökarna was defeated along with Chōda-Ganga in the same campaign or in a different encounter cannot be stated definitely
As for the geographical names occurring in these plates, Vudukuni in the Madhyadāsa has to be looked for in the vicinity of the Läpha Zamindari of the Bilaspur District. For, the Madhya dēša is apparently identical with the Madhya mandala, mentioned in both the sets of the Amodā plates of Prithvidēva II as the division in which were situated Avala and Budubudu, two villages which are at present represented by Aura Bhätä and Burbur, both in the Lāphā Zamindāri. The Madhya mandala or Madhya desa is here indicative, not of the Madhya desa of classical references which is now modern United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh), but of the central portion of the dominion of the Ratanpur chiefs. Hence Vudukuni is to be located in the vicinity of Ratanpur itself. I would identify it with Daikon: itself, the findspot of these plates, which is a few miles south-cast of Ratanpur, near Akaltārā.
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[Metres : Vv. 1, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18 Anushțubh ; 2, 6 and 11 Upajāti; 3 Sragdhara; 4 and 10 Sārdūlavikridita ; 5, 7 and 8 Vasantatilaka ; 14 Arya ; 16 Mandākrānta.]
First Plate
1 Siddham [ll*] Om namo Vra(Bra)hmaņē || Nirgguņam vyāpakam nityam Sivam parama
kāraṇam bhāva-grāhyam paramjyotis-tasmai sad-vra(d-bra)hmaņē namah || 1 | Above, Vol. XXII, p. 162 and n. 1. • Bharati, Vol. V, part I, pp. 143 ff. and plato.
• Telangana Inscriptions, Vol. I, (Hyderabad, 1935), Chalukya Inscriptions, No. 23. Misc. Inss., Nos. 2, 5 and 18. These furnish the following genealogy • Somarija. m. 2 wives
Udayaditys
Bhima, 1124 A.C.
Gokarna, (1127 A.C.)
Tooda • Ind. An., Vol. XI, pp. 9 ff. and plate: above, Vol. IX pp. 260-1.
Ind. Hist. Quart., Vol. I, pp. 47-8. Evidently the Madhya kita mentioned in the Sarkh plates of Ratnadeva (abovo, Vol. XXII, pp. 163-4) is the country from which the donee of that charter hailed in the Madhya diha of our rooord and not the Madhya diba of classical references.
• Nundolal Dey: Geographical Dictionary, p. 116.
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