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edly, a historical figure. In one of his inscriptions Räji is styled as Mahārajadhiraja or Raja. The Prabandha-cintāmari, Kumarapala-carita of Jayasimha and earlier than the two, the Sukrta-samkirtana, mention Mūlarāja as the sister's son of the last Cāvadā prince from whom he captured Anahilavāda. For his relation to the Cāvadā princes, we have no documentary evidence. The Vadanagor prasasti composed by the Jain Srīpāla dated 1152 A.D., however, confirms that Mūlarāja certainly took the kingdom from the Cāvadās. The copper plates grant of a Jain temple known as the Varuņāśarmaka grant of Yuvarāja Cāmunda dated V. E. 1033 (977 A.D.) refers to the name of one of the forefathers of the dynasty as "Cāulkika rājavamsatilaka Srivyalakanti.''3 This reference reminds us of the name Kāncikavyäla which occurs in the Kumarapala-carita as the grandfather of Mūlarāja and who, on the other hand, has been identified with Muajāla of the Prabandha-cintamani. His grandfather Musijäla alias Vyālakānti, therefore, seems also to be a historical figure.
From all the above references, we may safely derive the conclusion that Rāji was a descendant or son of Vyālakānci or Kāncikavyāla or Muñjāla or Bhāumăditya, who in his turn was descended from Bhūyada or Bhūyarāja. Before going to present any identification of this man we should inquire about the origin of the family and its original home.
Origin of the Family: It is very difficult to discover the one and real name of the family. We find several variants in the inscriptional as well as literary sources. Our earlier Jain authority known as Varunāśarmaka grant of Camunda of 977 A.D. refers to 'Culkika' as the name of the family.4 Two other Jain inscriptions from the Mt. Abu, of about th 13 century, state that they were known as Caulukyas. Several other Jain inscriptions discovered at the Mt. Girnar and near Khambáța repeat the same name of the family. To confirm the later version of our Jain inscriptions we have an early authority other than the Jain, known as copper plates grant of Trilocanapāla of Lāța, dated 1050 A. D. which refers to the family name as the Caulukya.? In the Sanskrt Jain literature Hemacandra and later
1 IA., VI, p. 191 ff. etc. 2 EI., I, pp. 296,301, V. 5. 3 HIG., Pt. III, p. 155. 4 Ibid. • Ibid., Pt. II, pp. 125, 137. 6 Ibid. Pt. III, pp. 15, 36, 90, 103. 7 Ibid., Pt. III, miscellaneous inscriptions, p. 52.
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