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prosperous ant given to amorous pleasures. All the same it is not easy to explain how the name 'Mahoba ka' became 'Kanti'! The on'y explanation of the situation is that 'Kanti' might be another name of the city of 'Ma hoba ka'! Because LPs places this Kanti in Bengal, which is indeed far ciful; or, at the most, we can say that the scribal errors might have turned 'Candeladeśa' to 'Vangaladeśa'*.
The names of the minister and the gate-officer of Mada na bhrama are common to LPS and PPS, while that of the Commander-in chief is given differertly. PK is silent on the point. There is no criterion for proving the historicity of these names; but the matter is quite insignificant. The same is the case with the names of the queens, their maids and the like.
. Certain important facts regarding Siddharaja Ja ya simha, as found in this prabandha, are, however, historical beyond doubt. He is stated here to have been a descendent of the three brothers Rāja, Bija and Dandaka, which is an established fact. Secondly, a lis. of his six predecessors right from the founder of the Cauluk y a dynasty is giv, 1 here in the correct chronok gical order: (1) Mūlarāja, (2) Cámundarāja, (3) Vallabh a rāja, (4) Durla bharāja, (5) Bhima and (6) Karna de va, the last on being his father.
Moreover, Siddharāja Jayasimha is described here as "18 laksa 92 sahasra malavulakṣmi kaca-graha-vigra-pāņi" (6. 14-15) and "70 sahust e-gürjara-dharādhiśvurah" (7-4). It is very difficult, well nigh impossible, today to attempt a true interpretation of these two statements. These figures may indicate either the annual income or the population or the total number of villages. The first statement may be regarded as indicative of the total population of the Māla va land rather than the annud income or the number of villages in that territory. It is also not improbable that it may be indicative of the amount received by Siddharāja Jayasimha as a tribute from the king of the Màlava land. On the other hand, the second statement does not appear to display either the total population or the annual
* In his letter dated the 3rd September 1964 Dr. D. C. Sircar, a veteran historian, states: “There being no noteworthy place called Kantipuri in Bengal, King Mada na bhrama of Kantipuri in Va ngāla' seems to be imaginary or due to corrupt reading. On the other hand, Chandella Madana varman of Mahoba was a contemporary of Jay a simha Siddharaja, and pūrvasmin disi does not o.fer any difficulty at all. It is not impossible that Vangāladeśe is a mistake for Chandeladeše."
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