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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(DECEMBER, 1884.
a valuable service by the statement that and that of Vasant & sê na which is just Lichchhavi was a descendant of Sûry a sufficient for one short reign (Mahideva's), Hence it is perfectly certain that the Lich- permit us to assume with some confidence that chha vi dynasty of the inscriptions is iden- Vasanta sena and Vasantad ê va are tical with the Süryavañéi dynasty of the the same person. If we proceed further, the Vansávali. Lichchhavi, however, the genealogical portion of inscription No. 15 founder of the family, his descendants down omits the names of 13 kings and winds up with to Supushpa of Pushpa pura (i.e. På- Narendrad êva, Śiva dê va and Jay &taliputra) and his twenty-three unnamed deva. Inscriptions No. 5, and Nos. 9-10 successors have most likely no claim to be furnish us, however, with two names, those of a regarded as historical personages, or, even Sivad va, the contemporary of Amón var. if some of them were real kings, they at least man, and of a Dhruva de va, the contem. do not belong to the Lichchhavis of porary of Jishnugupta, while the VanhNepal. The prominent manner in which the sávali gives seven more names and then passes next king conquering Jaya d d v a' is men- to the Țh å kuri line of Amsu varman, tioned, makes it probable that he is the in which the names of Narendradê va and conqueror of Nepal, and the head of this Jaya dê va have been erroneously incor. branch of the race. To this conclusion points porated as those of the seventh and twelfth also the fact that the annéávali names as the princes. third prince of the Sûryavami-Jaya- In order to settle the chronology of the varman, who, since the epithets déva and Lichchha vi dynasty more accurately, and varman are often used synonymously, may be especially in order to determine the era in which identified with Jayad êva. It seems not Mânad dva and Vasanta deve-Vasan. unlikely that the author of the Varhsávali, in tasê na date, the first step to be taken is to order to lengthen the line of kings, may have fix the position of Sivad êva I, and Dhruplaced two names before the real founder of vadê va in the group of the thirteen kings, the dynasty. After Jayadeva the inscrip- left unnamed in the inscription No. 15. This tion skips eleven kings and then comes to may be done in the following manner :-Our V rishad êva. The Varnávali, on the other inscription No. 12, the first which belongs to hand, gives fourteen names between Jay Sivad ê va II, the father of Jaya dê va II, varman and Vishadê vavarman and is dated Sriharsha-Samvat 119 or 725-6 A.D. shows by this close agreement that, if the The second, No. 13, in which his name occurs, length of the reigns is left ont of account, it was incised in Sriharsha-Sanyat 143 or 749-50, must be based on documents very similar to and No. 14, which has lost the king's name, but inscription No. 15. The names of the next six most probably belongs to Sivadêva II. as the kings-Sankarad 8 va, Dharmadê va, heir apparent is Vijay a dê ve, & vicarious Månad ê va, Mahid ê va, Vasantadê va name for Jaya dê va, bears the date Sriharshaand Udaya deva are identical in the in- Samvat 145 or 751-2 A.D. As the interval scription and in the Varnádvali. Moreover, between the first and the third inscripour inscription No. 1 (vs. 1-7) confirms the tion amounts to twenty-six years, it is only sequence of the group, beginning with Vși- reasonable to assume that the date 725-6 A.D. shad ê va and ending with Mâna dê v&, and falls in the beginning of his reign. His acce8adds the name of Månadê va's mother, sion to the throne may therefore be placed Rajyavati. The same document and inscrip- about 720 A.D. or Śrîharsha-Samvat 114. If tion No. 2 gives us the dates 386 and 413 of we allow for the reign of his father Narên. an unnamed era for Månadev&. Finally, dradê va the average duration of generainscription No. 4, which is dated in Samvat 435, tion, the beginning of the latter falls in 695-6 or belongs to a king called Vasantasena. Sriharsha-Samvat 89. Our inscriptions Nos. 9, The close resemblance of this name to that of 10 name the Lichchha vi Dhruvad dva Vasanta de va, the grandson of Månade- as king of Nepal, and the former is dated in Va, and the small interval of twenty-two Sriharsha-Samvat 48 or 654-5 A.D. Hence it years between the last date of Månade & follows that Dhruvade va is one of the
