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Bibâsar in Parbatsar; and Hamîra (No. 35) was a great warrior. His deeds are beautifully described in the following verses :
"महाकाल जमजाल बोधार मल्लरा, काल्हरौ कथनं संसार कहियो । दुरत पतसाहरे साल हो खूबड़ी, दूपड़ा तरी उर सान रहिवो ॥१॥ निवर भर निडर नरनाह नरबहरौ, सकज भड़ स्यामरी काम सधीर | हिवै पतसाह साल हाडो हुवौ, हिवै हाडा तणे साल हमीर ॥२॥
आवरत कहर असवार पाखाड सिध, काम पहचाड़ इधकार कीयौ।. दूदड़े दूठ पतसाहो मुख दियो,
T ETT HIGH tut Il II" There is a number of piltalís or figures of satis in an enclosure adjoining the temple containing this inscription. One of these figures bears an epitaph dated V. S. 1300 and containing the name of Vikrama son of Kirtisimha Dahiya.
This shows that Dahiyas held this part of the country for nearly 300 years, . e., up to 1300 V. S. The use of the letter rå, which is but an abbreviation of raja, prefixed to the name of Kirtisimha, and the word rájnt before that of his wife show that Kirtisimba was a ruling prince, and not an adda Rajput. The Dabiyâ kings inentioned in our inscription were chieftains, no doubt, feudatory to the Chahamana overlords, but also wielding sway over a tract of a country. This fact is again corroborated by the following abstract from an inscription of V. S. 1272 discovered in Manglânâ in the Mârôt district :
"दधीचवंशे महामंडलेश्वरश्रीकवुवराजदेवपुत्र
श्रीपदमसीहदेवमुतमहाराजपुत्रश्रीजयतस्य(सि)ह" The inscription refers itself to the reign of Sri Relaņa-deva (lord) of Raņastambhapura or Ranthambhor, and records some arrangements made in connection with a step-well. In this nscription also, the Dabiyâ prince, Jagatasimha, is spoken of as mahá rdjaputra, and his forefather Kaduvarajadeva as mahamandalesvara, showing that originally the Dabiyâs were certainly of a higher status than that of add Rájpûts, to which position they have now sunk.
A NOTE ON A FEW LOCALITIES IN THE NASIK DISTRICT MENTIONED
IN ANCIENT COPPERPLATE GRANTS.
BY Y. R. GUPTE, B.A.; NASIK.
1. Vatanagarika. Vatanagarika occurs in the Pimpari plates, edited by Prof. Pathak in the Epigraphia Indica. On page 85 he says that Lilágrama and Vatanagarikà are identified by Mr. G. K. Chândôrkar with Nilgavhân and Vani in the Nasik District. I do not intend to pass any remarks at present on the identification of Lilágrama with Nilgavhåņ. Bat the assertion that Vaņi is the modern representative of the ancient Vațanagarik& seems to me to be without any foundation. It
A Raipat is called an add as distinguished from a jagirdar. An adi Bajpât is thus one who owns no jagfr And is for that very reason looked apon as of inferior status.
1 Volume X, pagea 81 to 89.
• This identification was first proposed by Dr. Fleet when he edited the Vanl grant (ante, Vol. XI, p. 157), but he afterwards identified Vatnagarikå with Vadner (ibid, Vol, XXXI, p. 218;-D.R.B.
