Parshvabhyuday

Author(s): Jinsenacharya, M G Kothari
Publisher: Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi

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son, Nanna. Even now they, it seems, do not know that Acārya Jinasena, the author of the Harivamsapurāņa, which was completed in the year 705 of the śālivāhana saka era, has referred to Nanna. Indrāyudh who stayed in the city of Kanauja, his capital, upto the years 715 of the śālivāhana saka era approximately and Vatsarāja of the Gurjara-Pratīhāra dynasty. When the historians themselves are in the dark about the dates and the chronological order of the kings of the Rașțrakūta dynasty, I do not know how far their objection to my inference is tenable. Does not ancient history get changed when some new and adequate information is supplied to historians ? Can a historian insist upon the correctness of his inferences when he is short of adequate information ?
The copper plates of the Rāştrakūtas from Tivarakheda, wherein king Dantidurga, who was, according to the copperplate inscriptions from Sanjānā, succeeded by king subhatunga, the predecessor of king Akālavarşa, is found to have been referred to, were inscribed in the year 553 of the śālivāhana saka era. These copper-plates seem to be inscribed for the first time since the date of installation of king Dantidurga. It seems that he had expired in the year 601 of the sālivāhana saka era and had been succeeded by king subhatunga who, most probably, might have assumed the titles Nrpatunga and Amoghavarşa. The king of the Rāştrakūta dynasty referred to in the Prasasti of the Dhavalā commentary seems, most probably, just the same king Dantidurga. In the said Prasasti. he is referred to as king Jagattunga. According to the same Prasasti king Boddaņarāya succeeded king Jagattunga. If king Jagattunga is just the same king Dantidurga, then king Boddanarāya must have been none else but king śubhatunga who is described as having succeeded king Dantidurga in the copper-plate inscriptions from Sanjānā. This king Boddaņarāya is most probably indentical with king Amoghavarşa who is referred to in the Jayadhavala Prasasti and