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RAJIM INSCRIPTION OF JAGAPALA.
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This Sahilla, who made valorous chiefs tremble and districts mentioned (some of which are and became lord of the land which he acquired mentioned also in other inscriptions) must on the battle-field, had a younger brother | undoubtedly be looked for in the eastern pornamed Vasudeva, and three sons, Bhayila, tion of the Central Provinces, but I have not Dosala, and Svamin, who conquered the Bhat- succeeded in identifying more than one or two tavila (or Bhattavala) and Vihara countries, on the maps at my disposal. Kakayara has by Svimin had two sons, of whom the elder one, Sir A. Cunningham been shown to be the named Jayadeva, acquired the district of modern Kanker, which in the Gazetteer of the Dandora, while Dévasimha, the younger son, Central Provinces is described as a chiefship took the Komo mandala. In line 5, the situated to the south of the Râypur district; and inscription goes on to mention a noble lady it is possible that the concluding portion of the the Thakkurájñi Udaye who, to judge from name which I read Kandas@[hvajra, may be the way in which she is introduced, must have identical with Selwa or Sihoa, situated to been the wife of one of the two last-named the east of Kankêr. Saraharagadha I take chiefs, and the mother of Jagapala, whose to be the modern Sarangarh, to the east of exploits are described in lines 6-11. Afraid | Râypur; and, if this identification be right, of him, the valorous Mayurikas and the the name Bhramaravadra would appear to Savantas, who are called lords of mandalas, have survived in Bamra, the name of a feudabetook themselves to the mountains. More- tory state attached to the Sambalpur district, over, during the reign of the illustrious lord to the east of Sarangarh. The tribal name Jajallad 3va, Jagapâla conquered a country the Rajamala of Jagapala has by Sir A. CunningDame of which I am unable to make out; and, ham been adduced to explain the origin of the during the reign of the illustrious prince Rat- name of the town Rajim, where the inscripnadova, he acquired the Talahari country tion is, and where Jagapala or his ancestors and another district, about the name of which may be supposed to have resided. I likewise am doubtful. Bat Jagapala's chief Of the fairly numerous inscriptions of the exploits appear to fall within the reign of the Chedi rulers of Ratnapur, a memorandum prince Prithvideva, when he not only took of which was furnished by Sir R. Jenkins' the forts Saraharagadha and Mavakasiha- as early as 1825, only a single one (besides the (va), and conquered thro Bhramaravadra one here re-edited) has been hitherto published, country, but also took Kantara, Kusuma- by Dr. Rajendralal Mitra, in the Journal Beng. bhoga, Kandas@[hva]ra, and the district of As. Soc. Vol. XXXII. pp. 280-287; but Kakayara. Jagapala would seem to have the contents of several of them have been founded or rebuilt the town Jagapalapura, referred to in the volumes of the Archæological which is mentioned in line 12, in a verse which Survey of India. To show the genealogy of I am unable to explain properly. From lines the earlier rulers of Ratnapur, and what 15 and 16 we learn that he had two younger place must be assigned in it to the three brothers, Gajala and Jayatsimha; and, if I princes Jajalladeva, Ratnadeva,and Prithviunderstand the words rightly, we are finally dova, mentioned in the present inscription, I told that, during the reigns of the three princes shall give here the necessary data also from mentioned above, the post of prime-minister three other inscriptions, the text of which I was held by Devaraja, together with whom shall publish elsewhere from rubbings supplied the three brothers Jagapala, Gâjala, and Jayat- by Dr. Burgess. simha subdued the earth.
1.-A. Ratnapur inscription of JajallaFrom this brief abstract it will appear that, deva, dated Samvat 866, Marga su. di. 9, as was seen already by Sir A. Cunningham, Ravaa, =Sunday, 8th November, 1114, A.D., Jaga pala and his ancestors were petty chiefs, contains the following genealogy :-The Moon, generals or fendatories of the Ratnapur branch Kartavirya, Haihaya, the Haihaya princes,of the Chedi rulers, whom they helped to Kokalla, ruler of Chodi, had eighteen sons, extend their territory. Most of the places of whom the eldest was ruler of Tripurl, while
. Archaol. Survey of India, Vol. XVII. page 19. + Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV. page 505 and 506. Some
of the inscriptions mentioned by Sir R. Jenkins have sinoe then suffered in the most deplorable manner.
