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1726 Jyöshtha-Ashādha, rain water collects in the excavatione. 1726 Ashādha vadi 5, Sunday, main dam completed (after 8 years 6 months and 6 days from
the commencement of its construction)=12th June, 1670 A.D. (Srāvanādi). 1727 his birthday anniversary, Rāņā performs a mahädäna. 1727 Ashädha vadi 4, ceremony of launching boats takes place. 1728 Jyështha purnimā, the water supply main (nala-vimudrana) was stopped. 1729 Mägha, lunar eclipse (Monday, 12th June 1674 ?), king performs mahādānas. 1729 Phälguna vadi 11, king inaugurates samgi-kārya of the principal dam. 1729 Jyēshtha sudi 7, Räņā repairs the dam at Indrasaras near Ekalinga and builds 4 pratolis. 1730 heavy floods in the river. 1730 Āøvina, the lake Rajasamudra had 8 cubits of water. 1730 Måghi purnimā, king performs & mahādāna. 1731 Srivana sudi 5, floating ceremony of the ship (Jahāja) takes place. 1731 birthday anniversary, king performs & mahādāna. 1732 Mägha sudi 2, queen Rämarasadē consecrates a step-well at Dēbāri pass. 1732 Mágha, Pandu daśami, Saturday, muhurta for the inauguration ceremony of the lake, the
officiating priests being selected 5 days earlier=15th January 1676 A.D 1732 Mägha sudi 7, Queen Chārumati consecrates a step-well at Rajnagar. 1732 Mäghå sudi 9, festivities in connection with the consecration of the lake. 1620 Vaisakha sudi 3, consecration of Udayasāgara by Rāņā Udayasimha recalled. 1732 Mägha sudi 13, an elephant falls in the lake but comes out again. 1732 Mägha sudi 14, Rāņā performs & mahādāna. 1742 Mágha purnima, consecration of the lake performed and gifts, mude (details given in cantos
XVIII-XX). 1734 birthday anniversary, king performs mahädānas. 1734 Srāvana, Rāņā goes to Jilwādā and reinstates Vairisäla of Sirõhi. 1735 Chaitra sudi 11, prince Jayasimha starts on his tour to Ajmer and Delhi. 1735 Jyēshtha, he visits Mathura and Vrindāvana. 1736 Pausha vadi 11, Mughal expedition to Méwår. 1737 Kärttika sudi 10, Rājasimha dies and Jayasimha ascends the throne 15 days later. 1737 Märgasirsha, Jayasimha sends his brother Bhimasimha to Dēsūri against Tahawar Khān.
Chronology of the rulers of the Guhila Dynasty The genealogy of the early Guhila rulers as given by the author of the Rāja prasasti from Gubila to Hammira is entirely drawn from the bardic chronicles and their chronology is hopelessly inaccurate and misleading. The author traces the origin of the Gubila dynasty to Manu and the solar dynasty and at the outset gives the names of 135 kings beginning with Manu, who had their seat in Ayodhyā. The last of these kings, Vijaya, is stated to have migrated to the south, carved out a kingdom for himself and took the title of Aditya for his family. A list of 14 Aditya rulers is given in the prasasti, of whom the last was Guhāditya whose descendants were known as Guhilauts (Guhilaputras). In the Ātpur inscription of Saktikumāra, V.S. 1034, he is called Guhadatta who is stated to have belonged to a Brāhmaṇa family and to have come from Anandapura (Badanagar) in Gujarät. According to the Rājaprasasti, his son was Bāshpa (Bappa) whose original place was Nāgahrada (Nägda), but who, on the advice of the Pasupata sage Hārītarasi, went to Chitor,
1 See above, p. 3 and n.l. 2 Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXIX, p. 191.
