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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
At any rate, from the stories of their origin, we may discover certain common features lying in them. For instance, as we see the theory of birth of the original ancestors of the Western Calukyas of Kalyāni from the palm of Bramhä, similar anecdotes we find about the Caulukyas of Gujarāta. As we notice the descent of later Calukyas from the Lunar race, similarly we get information from Hemacandra's Dvya śraya-kavya about the Caulukyas of Gujarāta also. As we find their migration from the north, similarly we find from the narration of the Jain writers that the Caulukyas of Gujarat came from the north. One point must be noticed here in this connection that all these common traits are found in the contemporary inscriptions and literature from 11th century downwards.
From the foregoing discussion we may very well conjecture something about their common origin. We, however, cannot say more on this point in the present state of our knowledge. Let us now decide the question of the original home of the Caulukyas of Gujaräta.
The Original Seat of the Fanily: From the two Jain authorities, i.e., the Prabandha-cintamani and the Kumarapala-carita of Jayasimhasūri quoted above, it appears that the ancestors of Mūlarāja came from the north. The former states that the three brothers Rāji, Bīja, and Dandaka, sons of Muñjāladeva of the family of the king Bhūyarāja, a ruler of Kalyana-kataka in the country of Kānyakubja, went on a pilgrimage to Somanāth."1 The latter states that in the city of Madhupadma certain Culukya, the noble ksatriya, established a kingdom. From him sprang the Caulukya family. Madhupadma is certainly identical with modern Mathura. One of his descendants, by name Dādaka, won a victory over the king of Pipāsā, whose identification is still a matter of investigation. These references tempt one to guess that their original seat may have been in the north.
Identification of Kalyana-kațaka : The statement of the Prabandha. cintamani has drawn the attention of scholars. There is difference of opinion regarding that statement. The main point of dispute among scholars is Kalyāņa-kataka and its identification. Forbes and Elphinstone hold the view that this Kalyāṇa-kataka is identical with Kalyāņa, the capital of Western Calukyas, which was founded in the later half of the eleventh century and which here is anachronistically mentioned. There is no important place of the name of Kalyāņa in Kanauj. They, therefore, regard the Caulukyas as of southern origin.3 Dr. Bühler, Dr. D. R. Bandarkar
1 See supra, p. 213. 2 See supra p. 214. 9 Rāsamālā, I, p. 56.
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