Sambodhi 1976 Vol 05

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Sudarshan Kumar Sharma
of Meghavabana 62 Harivahana as Yuvaraja was made the Governor of the whole of the Uttarapatha 1 e the Northern India, while Samaraketu in his association was givan the administration of the Angas. Kamalaguptas was the son of the king of the Kalingas, being an army-in-chief of Meghavahana. Mitradhara was the younger brother of the king of Kamarupa " Cakrasena, the king of the Vidyadharaa having Patralekha for spouse and Tilakamañjari for his daughter, was the king of Rathanupura Cakravala, the Capital town of the Vidyadharas,67 Vicitravirya, the sire of Gandharvadatta, was originally the master of Vaijayanti but had settled on Suvela on account of a royal cataclysm 8 There is also an allusion to the reign of Vikramabahu over the northern range of Vijayardha mountain having Gaganavallabha for his Capital Pratapaśila, the Lord of Kusasthala (Modan Kanaujj70 having a daughter Kusumavalı, Suraketu, the Lord of Magadha having a daughter Sakuntala, and Mababala the over Lord of Saurastra (Raivataka-Junagadha-Girinagara-Girnar) having a daughter Bandhumati and the Lords of Kalinga, Vanga, Anga, Kojala (Daksına Kosala or Mabakogala) and Kulata (Modern Kullu) having Indulekha, Lilavati, Malatika and Maoanalekha etc as daughters have been mentioned by Dhanapala as historical figures in line with Kusumasekhara, the forehead made of the race of the kings of Yadu lineage, the Lord. of Kañct, the Vanquisher of the overlords of Mahendra and Malaya mountains, having his daughter Malayasundary "I
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Regarding the historicity of these figurea we shall have to examine certain facts available from other sources Historicity of Meghavahana poses a problem. History of Kosala upto the rise of the Mauryaa72 shows that after Rama's death Kusa and Lava started two different lines at Ayodhya and Sravasti. This state of affairs seems to have continued for a little after the Bharata war when Divakara, a king of the Śravasti line, ended the division and brought back both the portions of the kingdom of Kośala under his unified powerful authority He is apecifically described as the possessor of Ayodhya, a city of Madhy adeśa 73 According to Dr Pathaka Prasenajita was the last great monarch of the solar dynasty of Kośala 74 Viḍuḍābha was perhaps the only son and so the successor to Prasenajita.75 He was the son of Vasabbakhottiya, the slave daughter of Mahanamaśakya. She was given the position of a queen and Viduḍabha that of the CrownPrince 76 He is noted for only one act and that was the cruel massacre of the Sakyas of Kapilavastu " Sumitra, fourth from Viḍudabha (Sadraka or Kṣudraka of the Puranas) was the last independent sovereign of Kosala and with him the inevitable extinction of the dynasty came. It was, the nightfall of the solar line which never saw its morning again. The Kośalan territories thence forward formed part of Magadha and are expressly