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years and the end of Sriharsha's reign, two matter of course, against Valabhi, the largest princes ruled in Valabhi, Dbrovasna II., who and most powerful state in Gujarat, and deissued a grant in [Gupta-Valabbi]-Samvat 310 feated its ruler Dhravasêna II. Dhruvaena or 628-9 A.D. and his son, the paramabha!!d fled after his defeat to Broach and was sheltered rakamahúrájádhirajaparaméscarochakra rartin by Dadda IV. From his place of refuge he Dharasê na IV., who, as his titles show, was the made his peace with and his submission to his most powerful king of the dynasty. It is thus great foe, and was restored to his throne as a evident that Srîbarsha must have attacked fendatory of the latter. The peace was cemented, one of these two princus. The remarks of as has happened in many similar cases, by a Hiuen Tsiang leave no doubt that it was marriage of Dhruvasena with Sriharsha's grandDhruvasêna II., who had to fly before the armies daughter. With this supposition the magniof the great king of Kapanj. He says, Siyuki, tude of Dadda's feat is somewhat reduced, but II. p. 267 (Beal), in his account of Valabhi, it loses the appearance of absurdity which it "the present king is of the Kshatriya caste, as has at first sight. Hiuen Tsiang's statement they all are. He is the nephew of Siladitya- that Dhruvasena had quite recently attaclied raja of Mâlava, and son-in-law of the son of himself to Buddhism, probably indicates that Siladitya [i.e. Sribarsha) the present king the subjugation and marriage of the king of of Kanyakubja. His name is Dhruvabhata" Valabhs had occurred only a short time before (T" u-lu-h'o-po-tu). He is of a lively and hasty his visit. Dhruvasêna's conversion to or inclidisposition, his wisdom and state-craft are nation towards Buddhism has probably to shallow. Quite recently he has attached him- be attributed to the influence of his connection self sincerely to faith in the three precious with Sriharsha, who, as is well-known, was ones."
possibly himself a Buddhist, or at least, a great Again in the account of the great religions patron of that sect. meeting, which Sribarsha convened in 643 A consideration of other Valabhi inscriptions A. D. at Prayaga, Tu-lu-po-pa-tch'a, 'the king and of the grants of the Gujarat Chalukyas, of Southern India,' is enumerated as one of the teaches us that the reign of Dadda IV. Was princes attending at Sriharsha's command. filled by more events than the Garjara grants Finally the same workinforms as that Pa-tch'a mention. These events were all untoward ones together with Kumara and other kings accom- and led to a temporary annihilation and to a panied Hiuen Tsiang on his departure from permanent weakening of the Gurjara kingdom. Sriharsha's camp.
The friendly relations with the rulers of Hiuen Tsiang's notes leave no doubt that Valabhi do not seem to have lasted long. For Dhruvasena II. occupied the throne of Valabhi we possess two grants of Dharasóns IV., the at the time of his visit, and that he was connec. son and successor of Dhruvasna II., which ted with Sriharsha by marriage and was his were both issued in the autumn of the year Vassal. Taken together with these facts, the 648 A.D., from the victorious camp situated statement of Na. that Dadda IV. (Prasantaråga at Broach." This date leaves no doubt that II.) protected the king of Valabhi who had been Dharashna had made war on the king of Broach defeated by the supreme lord Sriharshadêva, and had occupied his capital. The silence of becomes both intelligible and perfectly credible, Na. on this point proves nothing, as Indian It is now easy to see that Sriharsha extended, inscriptions very rarely confess to & defeat of
-some time between A.D. 633-34, the date of the princes by whose orders they were made. Khê. II., and 640, the approximate date of As the dates of Khê. I. and II. fall in the Hiuen Tsiang's visit to Gujarat,- his sway to beginning of the reign of Dadda IV., it is Western India. He directed his attack, as a very probable that he in person received this
! The transcription is mine. Mr. Beal gives errone The title 'king of Southern India,' which is here given ously Dhruvapata. The Chinese translation Tohangjouito Dhruvabhat may be explained by the circumstance (St. Julien, Mémoires II., p. 168) as I have shown that Sriharsha did not reign over the Dekhan, and that ante, Vol. VII. p. So, goes back to Dhruvabhatta, oom- Valabhi was one of the southernmost states subject to mon mis-spelling for Dhruvabhata.
his control. • St. Julien, vie de Hiouen Theang, p. 254. The identity 9 Vie n. 260. The form Pa.tella, which appears also on of the two Chinese forms Tu-tu-n'o-po-tu and Tu-lu-po. pa-tch'a is incontestable, because tch'a often represents
p. 354 is the representative of Bhata, an abbreviation of | Dhruvabhata, made bhamavat.
in the lingual ta, as has been recognised by M. St. Julien.
