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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
In my chronological list I have put queries against four of the earliest dates (Nos. 1, 2, 8, and 9), to show that doubts may possibly be entertained regarding their reading or exact interpretation. As these dates in no way affect my conclusions, I shall here take them to have been correctly given and explained by others. But I shall omit the date No. 6, of the Dhiniki copperplate inscription of Jaikadêva, which apparently is a forged document.*
[DECEMBER, 1891.
Where and by which Dynasties was the Era used up to about A. D. 1300 ?
The date No. 1 (V. 428) is from Bijayagadh, in north-eastern Rajputânâ;
No. 2 (V. 480) from Gangdhâr, in south-eastern Rajputânâ;
Nos. 3 and 4 (V. 529 and 589) are from Mandasôr, on the borders of south-eastern Rajputânâ ;
No. 5 (V. 746) is from Jhalrâpâṭan, in south-eastern Rajputânâ;
No. 7 (V. 795) from Kanaswa, in south-eastern Râjputânâ;
No. 8 (V. 811) from Chitôr, in southern Râjputânâ ;
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(V. 879) from Kôt, in south-eastern Rajputânâ ; and No. 10 (V. 898) from Dholpur, in north-eastern Rajputânâ.
The earliest known dates, from V. 428 to 898, are therefore all from eastern Rajputana, chiefly from that part of eastern Râjputânâ which borders on, or is included in, Malava. From the same part of India, and from Rajputânâ generally, we also have the following later dates : No. 17 (V. 962) from Bhillamâla (Bhinmal); No. 31 (V. 1011) from Ambêr; No. 33 (V. 1016) from Râjórgadh; No. 50 (V. 1100) from Byânâ; No. 52 (V. 1136) from Arthûnâ; No. 120 (V. 1231) from Visalpur; No. 133 (V. 1244) from Tahangadh; Nos. 184 and 189 (V. 1324 and 1335) from Chitôr; No. 194 (V. 1342) from Mount Abu; and No. 196 (V. 1344) from Udaypur.
The last of the above early dates, No. 10, is from an inscription of the Châhumana Chandamahâsêna; and later dates of Châhumana princes are: No. 98 (V. 1210) of Vigraharajadêva; No. 104 (V. 1218) of Alhaṇadêva; No. 105 (V. 1220) of Visaladêva; No. 109 (V. 1224) of Prithviraja; No. 114 (V. 1226) of Sômêsvara; and Nos. 115, 128, and 134 (V. 1226, 1239, and 1244) of Prithviraja.
From Rajputânâ the list takes us in an eastern direction, first to the neighbouring State of Gwalior, and afterwards through Bundelkhand and Rêwah as far as Gaya in Bihar.
No. 11 (V. 919), from an inscription of Bhôjadêva of Kanauj, is from Dêôgadh in the Gwalior State; Nos. 12 and 13 (V. 932 and 933), are from inscriptions of the same king in the Fort of Gwalior; No. 14 (V. 936) is from Gyârispur, and No. 15 (V. 960) from Têrahi, both in the Gwalior State; and No. 16, 18-21, 25-27, 29, and 34 (V. 960, 964, 965, 967, 969, 991, 994, 1005, 1008, and 1025), of the reigns of Mahendrapâladêva and Dêvapâladêva of Kanauj, are from Siyaḍônî in Bundelkhand.
No. 30 (V. 1011), from an inscription of the Chandella Dhanga, is the first of a long series of dates of the Chandellas of Bundelkhand, to which also belong: No. 32 (V. 1011) of Yasòvarman and Dhanga; Nos. 41 and 43 (V. 1055 and 1059) of Dhangadêva; No. 51 (V. 1107) of Dêvavarmadêva; No. 60 (V. 1154) of Kirtivarmadêva; No. 67 (V. 1173) of Jayavarmadêva Nos. 75, 77, 78, 80, 94, 99, and 101 (V. 1186, 1187, 1188, 1190, 1208, 1211, and 1215) of Madana varmadêva; Nos. 108, 129, 137, and 142 (V. 1224, 1240, 1252, and 1258) of Paramardidêva; Nos. 150, 168, and 170 (V. 1269, 1297, and 1298) of Trailôkyavarmadèva; Nos. 180, 185, and 191 (V. 1317, 1325, and 1337) of Viravarman; and No. 197 (V. 1345) of Bhôjavarman.
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Other dates from Gwalior and Bundelkhand are: No. 42 (V. 1058) from Khajurâhô; No. 49 (V. 1093) from Udayagiri; Nos. 55 and 59 (V. 1145 and 1152) from Dubkund'; Nos. 58 and 63 (V. 1150 and 1161) from Gwalior; Nos. 83, 85, and 193 (V. 1192, 1194, and 1340) from Kalañjar; No. 91 (V. 1207) from Chândpur; No. 107 (V. 1222) from Udaypur in Gwalior; Nos.
See ante, Vol. XIX. p. 371. I would now also say that in V. 794 the Vikrama era was not used yet in the locality to which the inscription belongs.
