Political History of Northern India

Author(s): Gulabchandra Chaudhary
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar

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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
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Jain inscription refers to him as Mahamandalesvara. We may assume here that he may have assisted Viradhavala in defeating Sāngana. About Nāhara we, unfortunately, have no information from other sources.
Sämanlasimha: According to the Purātana-prabandha-sangraha Cācigadeva was succeeded by Sāmantasimha. We have, fortunately, six dated Jain inscriptions of his reign ranging from V.E. 1345 to 1359 (1288-1302 A.D.). They are as follows:
The first inscription bearing the date V.E. 1345 (1288 A.D.) has been found engraved on the pillar in the temple of Mātāji at Hathundi in the district of Godwar (Jodhpur). It records that in the reign of Mahārājakula Sri Sämantasimha when Mahārāja Lālana and others were in charge of Srikarana, an annual gift of 24 drammas was given for the worship of Lord Mahāvira by Hemaka at the village Hathundi in the Nadựūla mandala."
The second record was found at Ratnapur in the district of Jaśavantapura at Jodhpura. It is dated in V.E. 1248 in the reign of Mahārājakula Šri Sämantasimha. It gives a detailed description of the grant made by the people of Goșthika for the worship of Pārsvanātha.*
The third one was found at Varmeda in the temple of Dharmanātha on the lintel of a Sabhāmandapa. It records a gift given for the worship of two protecting religious deities related to the first Tirthankara at the Vāhadameru (Varmeda) in the year 1352 during the reign of Mahāräjakula Sämantasimha
The fourth one of the same date has been found at the village Jūna near Vadmera in Jodhpura division and records the same thing.
The fifth record has been discovered at Jālor in the Topakhānā bearing the date V.E. 1353 (c. 1296 A.D.). It records a grant made by Narapati with the other members of family for the welfare of his wife Nāyakādevi to a temple of Pārsvanātha at Suvarnagiri in the reign of Mahārājakula Sämantasimha when his son, Kānhadadeva, as subsisting on his lotus feet, was bearing the burden of administration.?
1 Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 240, No. 903. 2 SJGM., II, p. 102: alfaTCT THE FFFUCT 3TTI 3 P. C. Nahar, Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 233, No. 897. 4 Ibid., p. 249, No. 936. 5 Ibid., p. 244, No. 918. 6 Ibid., p. 179, No. 749. ? Ibid., p. 240, No. 903.