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The third one has been found at Ratnapura in the Jaśavantapura, Jodhpur division, bearing the date V.E. 1333 (c. 1277 A.D.). It records that Mahantak Ghina, Udala and others granted a land to meet the expenses of the festival of Pärśvanatha in the prosperous reign of Mahamandale vara Raja Sri Caciga when the prime-minister Jakha (Jakṣadeva) and others were on duty 1
The fourth one was found at Bhinmal on the bank of Jaikop lake, incised in a fallen pillar. It is also dated V.E. 1333. It records that in the reign of Mahārājakula Căcigadeva, during the term of office of the Pañca mahantaka Gajasiha and others, the Naigama Kayastha Subhata made a grant for worshipping and services to the Tirthankara Mahāvīra.2
These inscriptions give us dates for his reign from V.E. 1319 to 1333 (c. 1262-1277 A.D.). But an inscription from Bhinmal other than the Jain ones informs us that he ruled from V.E. 1318 to V.E. 1334 (c. 1278 A.D.). Regarding his political achievements we get some light from the Sundhä hill inscription. Caciga is stated there "to have destroyed the roaring Gurjara lord Virama, hated the enemy Salya, taken delight in felling the shaking Pățuka, deprived the colour of Sanga and behaved like a thunderbolt to the mountain-the furious Nähara." We know of Virama of this statement, as a brother of Viradhavala from the Jain prabandhas, who was prevented from succeeding his brother Viradhavala due to the intrigues of the minister Vastupala. The Puratana-prabandha-sangraha also states that Śrī Căciga of Jävälipur killed Virama at Sainväḍighat. The identification of Salya is very difficult for we have no information about him from any sources. Pățuka may be to some extent identical with Pataka mentioned in the Puritana-prabandha-sangraha as an inhabitant and rich man of the village. Palli in Marumandala. He seems from the story narrated there to have been an ordinary chief. Sanga of the Sundha hill inscription may be identified with one Sangana of Vamanasthali who is said to have been killed by Viradhavala. Căciga most probably was a feudatory of Viradhavala. The Ratnapur
1 Ibid., p. 248, No. 935.
2 BG., I, Pt. I, pp. 480-481, No. XII.
3 Ibid., pp. 481-83. No. XIII.
4 V.
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5 See infra, Chapter, X, section on Vaghelas.
6 SJGM., II, p. 67.
7 Ibid., II, p. 82.
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SJGM.. VI, pp. 103-104.
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