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S. B. DEO
They seem to have been prominent from the 14th to the 16th centuries in Gujarat, Rajputana, Delhi, and Hyderabad (Deccan).
MADHUKARA :
It seems to have been contemporary with the above,151 and was spread over Kathiawad and Alvar.
MADHUKARA KHARATARA :
See under Kharatara.
MALADHARI:
It is also mentioned as Malladhārī, and seems to have been current as early as in the first half of the 13th century of the V.E.152 in regions like Bihar, Bengal, Kathiawad, Rajputana, U.P., and Gujarat.
MALADHARI PURNIMA VIJAYA :
Five inscriptions, all belonging to V.S. 1931, mention this at places in Bihar, Bengal and Madhya Bharat.153
It was possibly a branch of the Maladhārī gaccha.
MODHA:
An epigraph dated V.S. 1227 from Sammeta śikhara mentions it.154 It may be remarked that 'modha' is also a caste name in Gujarat.
NAGA:
It is mentioned in an inscription155 dated V.S. 1568.
NAGAPURIYA :
The date of the epigraph mentioning this gaccha is wiped out.156
It seems probable that this gaccha originated at Nägapura, (Nagpur in M.P., or Nagaur in Rajputana).
151. Ibid., II, 1736 of V.S. 1516; III, 2429 of 1563. 152. Ibid., II, 1875 of V.S. 1234; 1899 of V.S. 1692. 153. Ibid., I, 349, 362, 1000; II, 1806, 1833. 154. Ibid., II, 1694. 155. BHANDARKAR, List, E.I., XXIII, p. 121, No. 882. 156. NAHAR, II, 1606.
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