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Kavyanusasana
and one that of Chămundarāja issued by him as heirapparent in the reign of Mūlarāja. The first is dated in V. S. 1030 - Bhādrapada sud 5. This grant is not yet published. The late Dr. H. H. Dhruva, in his article, in the Vienna Oriental Journal (Vol. V, p. 300 – 1) gave information about this copper - plate. The grant refers to a piece of land of Paladiyagrāma in the Gambhūta visaya (district). The grantee is one Vacchakachārya. The occasion is the bathing-ceremony after solar eclipse. The lekhaka or writer of this grant is one Kela and the Dūtaka is Mahāsāndhivigrahika Sri Jaya.
After this comes the copper - plate - grant of Chāmundarāja. This was recently discovered. A photograph of the copper-plate was sent by Diwan Bahadur K. H. Dhruva to Muni Jinavijayaji who has very kindly supplied me with its transcription in modern Devanāgari script. This copper-plate grant is important from many points of view. The first is its Samvat which is Guptasamivat 1033. Now this is not the real Gupta Samvat, but it shows that in later times, these Samvat names were used indifferently. Sometimes Vikrama samvat was called Gupta samvat as in this particular case. *
Another point of importance is that Mülarāja married Șrī Mādhavī, the daughter of Chāhamāna king Bhoja and that Chāmunda Raja was born of her.
The most important point in the information that this copper - plate supplies, is, however, about the geneology of Mūlarāja. The P. C., as we saw, gives
* It may be noted that in the opinion of some scholars Vikrama samvat and Gupta samvat are identical.
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