Indian Antiquary Vol 42

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(OCTOBER, 1913.
piz., that of making himself popular. This explanation fits here so excellently that, in the absence of a better one, it may, I think, be safely accepted. But he put a stop to this terrible animal carnage the moment his conscience was aroused and at first restricted it to the killing of three animals everyday which were required strictly for the royal table, and finally abolished this practice also, as we can well believe from the concluding words of the edict.
xx.-Ujjain Stone inscription of Chaulukya Jayasimha. When I was at Ujjain in January last, I was told by the people that a fragment of an inscription recently discovered was lying in the compound of the local Municipality. On persoually inspecting it, I found that though the inscription was but a fragment, the preserved portion of it was of great importance for the bistory of the Obaulukya and Paramâra families. It begins with the date, viz., Thursday the 14th of the dark half of Jyeshtha of Vikrama Samvat 1195, and refers itself to the reign of the Chaulukya sovereign, Jayasimhadeva. His usual epithets also are given, viz., Tribhuvana-ganda, Siddha-chakravarti, Avantindtha and Varvaraka-jishu, and he is mentioned to be reigning at Anahilapataka ( Aşhilvada). Mahattama Sri-Dadâ ka was at that time the keeper of the seal at Anahilapataka. Then, in lines 7-8, whose meaning is clear but whose grammatical construction is not faultless, we are told that Jayasimha was per force holding the district ( mandala ) of Avanti after vanquishing Yalovarman, king of Malwa. The next two lines inform us that Malwê was held for Jayasimha by Mahadeva, who was a son of Damda Dâdâka and who belonged to the Nagara race. Then follow names of some individuals and the mention of the god Kirtinârâyana. But as the stone is broken off from here, their connection is far from clear.
The importance of the inscription is centred in the mention of the district of Avanti being held by the Chaulukya Jayasimba after defeating the Paramara Y abovarman. This gives confirmation to the fact that the old Gujarat chronicles speak of Jayasinha as seizing and imprisoning Yasovarman and bringing all Avantidega together with Dhar under his subjection. That Yasovarman was thrown into prison is borne out by a Dohad inscription, which represents Jayasimha to have imprisoned king of Malwâ who can be no other than this Paramâra prince. We have a copper-plate grant found at Ujjain, which gives V.E. 1 191 as the date of Yasovarman and couples with his name the titles Maharajadhirdia Paramesvara. Jay'asimha must, therefore, have inflicted this crushing defeat on Yasovarman between V.E. 1191 and 1195. We are told that Yasovarman contrived to escape from his prison, and, with the assistance of the Choban king of Ajmer, regained his possessions and came to terms with Jayasimba.
THE PRIORITY OF BHAMAHA TO DANDIN.
BY RAO BAHADUR K. P. TRIVEDI, B.A., AHMEDABAD. Tye question of the priority of Bhimaba to Dandin has been discussed fally by me in the Preface to my odition of the Pratdparudrayabobhushana in the Bombay Sanskrit Series. I have also given there my views in regard to the reference to Nyásakars which is found in Bhamsha's work; Since, however, Prof. K. B. Pathak has chosen to establish his theory of the priority of Dandin to Bhâmaha on the strength of the reference which he thinks is indisputably & reference to Jinendrabuddhi of the eighth century, disregarding, or not attaching much value to, or not caring to refuto other grounds which lend a strong presumption in favour of the priority of Bhâmaha to Dandin, I shall try in this article first to show that the Ny sakara alluded to by Bhamaba is not Jinendrabuddhi, and then to mention some grounds which lend a very strong coloar to the belief in my mind of the priority of Bhêmaba to Daņdin.
Soo . y. the Duydirayakdvya (Ante, Vol. IV., p. 266). • Ante, Vol. X., p. 159.