Report On Search For Sanskrit MSS Year 1882 1883

Author(s): R G Bhandarkar
Publisher: Government Central Book Depot

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Tâmrasâsana or copperplate grant by Lavanaprasâda.
1. Mûlarâja.
2. Châmundadova.
3. Vallabhadova.
sible should have been executed. One such deed is a Tâmrasâsana or a royal deed of grant to be inscribed on copper. In this the grantor that is introduced is Lavanyaprasâda, son of Ânaladeva of the Chaulukya family, and what is represented to have been granted by him is a village, not named, for the worship of Somanâtha. Lavanyaprasâda was a Rânaka, i.e., a Rânâ and a Mandaladhipati or a dependent chief. The grant is represented to have been executed in the reign of Bhimadeva while Bhabhûya was his minister. Bhimadeva's name is preceded by those of all the Chaulukya princes who reigned at Anahilapattana, and they are as follows:
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4. Durlabhadeva.
5. Bhima or Brihadbhima.
11. Bhimadeva.
Treaty of alliance between Singhaṇadeva and Lavanaprasâda.
6. Karnadeva. 7. Jayasimha. 8. Kumârapâla. 9. Ajayapâla. 10. Mûladeva.
This agrees with the genealogy given by other writers. Bhimadeva was the reigning sovereign in Samvat 1288 according to them also, and we see that Lavanaprasada, whose grandson Visaladeva finally took possession of the throne at Anahilapattana, had at that time acquired sufficient influence to be considered worthy of being introduced as the grantor of a village. He appears to have been the de facto sovereign of Gujarat at the time. (HH., Appendix II.).
Another such deed in the work before us is a treaty of alliance between Simhaṇadeva who is styled Maharájádhiraja or king of kings, i.e., paramount sovereign, and Lavanyaprasâda who is called a Mahamandalesvara.