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Kavyanusasana was informed of the incident he let go the whole tax to satisfy his mother, which according to the P. C., amounted to seventytwo lacs of the current coin. *
The first contemporary record of Jayasimha's reign that has been discovered up till now is a colophon dated V. S. 1157-A. D. 1101, that is seven years after his accession to the throne. In this, the reference is simply - Sri Jayasiinhadeva rājye - i. e. 'in the reign of Sri Jayasimha.' This simple mention of his name without any titles is indicative of his minority; and its sole purpose is just to record the name of the occupant of the throne. near Suklatīrtha on the river Narmadā known as Bbáloda - are put forward as representing Bāhuloda, where the pilgrimtax was levied. Mr. Ramlal Modi holds the latter view. He says that the tax was levied from the pilgrims of the soutb; so the place must be on the southern boundary. On what evidence he says that the tax was levied only from the southern pilgrims, he does not indicate (p. 17 Article on Karna. ). As far as I know, there is no mention of such a distinction. It is absurd to assume a place, hundreds of miles away from Somapátha, as the place where the pilgrim-tax was levied. Bholāda on the boundary of Kathiawada and Gujarata would have a better claim if no nearer place of the same name could be discovered. As it is, Muoi Jipavijayaji has drawn my attention to one Bāhuloda near the foot of the Girnara mountain. It is mentioned in the Prächin Gurjara Kavya Sangraha. P. 73 .. एउ वाउहलोडउं कोटउं तलि नियसइ गिरिनारु ।
ओ दीसइ ववणथली धवलियतुंग पयार [२] || २४
(The reading f at is not found in the printed text of the G. O S. but J. V. has found it in a manuscript from a Pātan Bhandar ). This Vāuhaloda or Bāhuloda would be the most appropriate place to levy tax on the pilgrims for Somanātha.
X These events-attack of Naravarman and the remission of the pilgrim tax-are not mentioned in the D. K.
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