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and Pandit Bhagavan Lal Indraji assume that Caulukyas came from the north and Kalyāņa-kataka must be in the north. Bühler relates that "if Kalyāņa-kațaka is identical with Kalyāņa of Deccan, there must be another Kalyana-kataka by that name in northern India also." He says that "this name is by no means uncommon. Two towns of this name are well known and of great antiquity, viz., Kalyāna near Bombay, the Kalliene of the Greeks and Kalyāņa in the Deccan."1 Dr. Bhandarkar, going a step further, states:
"And the traditions are unanimous in saying that his father Raji came from Kalyāņa-kataka in Kanyakubja. It is very likely that Kānyakubja denotes Kanauj itself. We have seen that Kanauj was known by the name Mahodaya. And Mahodaya and Kalyana arc identical in meaning. In the copper plates of the Pratīhāras Mahodaya is called a Skandhāvāra. Skandhavāra and Kataka again are synonymous terms. Hence Kalya??a-kațaka is equivalent to Mahodaya-Skandhāvara so far as the meaning goes. And as Hindu authors are in the habit of speaking about the same kings and cities in terms different but equivalent in meaning, it is highly probable that by Kalyana-kataka in the Kanyakubja country Kanauj is meant."'2
Having followed Dr. Bhandarkar, K. M. Munshi identifies Bhūyarāja of the prabandhas with Bhoja Pratīhāra of Kanyakubja.3
We, however, have nothing to say about these assumptions made by the scholars. But the identification of Kalyāna-kațaka and Bhūyarāja requires some fresh investigations. Let us now try to see whether our prabandhas throw any additional light on this topic. The Purātana Prabandha-sangraha states:
“Once Jayacandra, feeling jealousy about the pompous titles of Paramardi, invaded him with big garrison. He reached his capital by name Kalyāna-kata ka, devastating the country."
The Gahadavala Jayacandra's rivalry with Paramardi shows that Paramardi is certainly identical with the Candella king of that name. His capital was called Kalyāna-kataka.
In another place, the same authority states:
1 JA., VI, pp. 182–83. 2 JBBRAS., XXI, pp. 427-28. 3 The Glory That Was Gurjaradeśa, Pt. III, p. 74. * See su bra p. 69.
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