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LXXXIV
Kavyanusasana This country is 5000 li or so in circuit. The capital which is called Pi-lo-mo-lo is thirty li or so round.
The produce of the soil and the manners of the people resemble those of Surāshtra. The population is dense; the establishments are rich and well supplied with materials ( wealth ). They mostly are unbelievers; a few are attached to the law of Buddha. There is one Sanghårāma with about a hundred priests; they are attached to the teaching of the Little Vehicle and the school of the Sarvāstivādas. There are several tens of Deva temples, in which sectaries of various denominations dwell. The king is of the Kshatriya caste. He is just twenty years old; he is distinguished for wisdom, and he is courageous. He is a deep believer in the law of Buddha; and highly honours men of distinguished ability.”'
We may infer from this that in the first half of the seventh century A. D. Bhinnamála which lies about fifty miles west of Mount Abu was known as the capital of a Gurjara kingdom whose circuit was more than 830 miles. In this connection, the Javanese tradition, which has already been discussed previously, may be referred to. According to it the prince Bhruvijaya Savelachala who came to Java about 603 A. D. was the son of Kasamachitra or Balya Acha who was king of Kujarāt. This word Kujarāt is restored to Gujarāta. Now if this tradition had a contemporary origin we may say that in the beginning of the seventh century a Gurjara kingdom existed in this part. From the copperplates discovered in south Gujarät the existence of ' a small Gurjara kingdom in and about Bharucha about A. D. 580 to 808 is inferred' (B. G. p. 113). From a copper-plate of the year V. S. 900 (=844 A. D.) of the Pratihāra king Bhoja I discovered from a temple
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