Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 48
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
( AUGUST, 1919
instances 89 of touching affection between brothers, even royal, in the Hindu household are not altogether wanting, the above may not appear so unlikely as it may seem at first sight.
Vikramaditya's explolts under Ahavamalla. Though somêsvars was designated yuvaraja the real burden of the state rested on Vikramaditya, who was invariably employed by his father to fight all his battles. Vikramaditya set out on a series of military exploits. In a brief compass, Bilhara 90 gives us a rhapsodio but none the less succinct and more or losa historical account of all his doings during the life-time of his father. He is said to have repeatedly defeated the Cholas; penetrated into the south as far as the ocean; entered the Malaya hills abounding in sandal. wood treos; reinstated the king of Mâlava who sought his proteotion; carried his arms as far north as Gauda (Bengal), Kamarûpa (Assam); passed through the Eastern Ghats; came to Kanchi and plundered the same; destroyed the Malaya forests; defeated the lord of Kérala; took the city of Gangaikunda, the capital of the Cholas | plundered KAEchi once again ; thence directed his arms to Vaigi and Chakrak8ta ; and while returning to the , banks of the Krishna, heard the sad news of the death of his father at Tungabhadra.
It is not impossible, though Bühler 91 gives it up as hopeless, in the face of the now available Chola records which throw light on this portion of history, to determine somewhat the chronological order of these wars embracing a period of nearly a quarter of a century. The most convenient method would be to discuss them serivium.
Vikramaditya's first descent on the south. Vikramaditya's first intervention in Chd]n cond Malaya affairs was in A.D. 1047 circa,81 when Vikki is mentioned as a warrior of great courage.
Who was the king of Malava that sought the protection of the ChAlukya sovereign and when and under what circumstances did he do it ! In the Mandhata plate of A.D. 1055-6 Jayasinha is mentioned as the ruler of Dh&ra, meditating on the illustrious
Apart from the exemplary Bharata of the Ramayana, mention may be made of the Chéra prince Ilaako adigal who, to avoid the chagrin of his elder brother and the stain of usurpation, is said to have instantly renounced the pleasures of the mundane world and become a sanydain (to attain eho immortal throne of the gods), when a tactless but unerring astrologer predicted in the open court that he was destined for the succession after the impending death of his father in preference to his elder brother Chiran Shon kuttuvan. The original is worth quoting :
"குணவாயிற் கோட்டத்தாசு துறந்திருந்த குடக் கோச் சேரல் இளங்கோ வடிகட்டு"
பதிகம் 1-2 வரி "வஞ்சி பூசர் மணிமண்டபத்திடை
நுந்தை தாணிழ லிருச்தோய்! நின்னை அரசு வீற்றிருக்குச் திருப்பொறி யுண்டென்று உரை செய்தவன் மேலுருந்து சோக்கிக் கொங்கவிழாறுந்தாரக் கொடித் தேர்த்தானைச் செங்குட் வென் றன் செல்லல் நீக்கப் பகல் செய்வாயிற் படியோர் தம்முன் அகலிடப் பாரம் அகல சேச் சிந்தை செல்லாச் சேணொர் சரத்து அர்தமி லின்பத் தரசாள் வெர்து' என என் திற முரைத்த இமையோ ரிர்கொடி.''
--Silappadikaram, 30, வார்தருகாதை 174-84. For other camples 200 also Todd's Rajasthan. * Vik. Charita, III and IV.
1 Bahlar's edition of Vik. Charita, Introduction, 31, . R SII., பூ, No. 28, p. 56. SEpi. Ind., II, 46 8.
