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Historical data in the Tilakamaħjart of Dhanapula
being by Vasstha from the sacrificial altar28 (1 e. the Agnikunda), in whose lineage was born Upendraraja, a gem of the group of dvija924 (Brahmanas or Ksatriyas) who had a son named Sri Vairisımba having his panegyric inscribed on the victory columns of the earth eagirt by the four oceans 25 From him came about the king named Sriyaka who was succeeded by Śri Vakpati, the sun to the lotuses in the form of the eyes of the youthful maidens of Avanti26 Through him was born Vair18ımba who was called by a variant Dame Vajratasvāmin, by the people. From bim came about Sri Harşadeva who wrested the sovereignty from Khottigadeva in battle,27 He had a son in Srimad Vakpatirajadeva who was called so by the suave and who had his lotus feet enamoured of the crest-Jewels of the rulers of ] Karnāta, Lāta, Kerala and Cola, who the ambitious couqueror raised aloft his sword in Tripuri having vanquished yuvarāja in the battle and killed his ar mychiefs 23 He had a younger brother Sri Sindhuraja who had earned glory through victories and had vanquished the king of the Hūnas, by whom was brought into being sri Bhojarāja, a veritable gem-created by the grace of the best of men20 [1 e Vişnu-Puruşottama being a synonym of Vişnu] He partook of the earth from Mount Malaya to Kallasa and up to the Astadri and Udayadri, being a peer to Pfthu, the primeval king He was a Kaviraja [the king among the poets). He had brought to subservience the Lord of the Cedis, the rulers of Karnāta, Läta, Gurjaras headed by Bhima, and the Turuşkas, and had rendered the earth worth her name by making her renowned with tempies, such as Kedaranátha, Rameśvaradatba, Soma. natha, Şundirakala, Analarudra etc But when the Sun-Valoured one, the devotee of splendour or fortunes, reached the abode of the heavenly ones [i e. the dead], the earth in the form of Dhara got circumambiated by the beapa of darkness in the form of the enemies, the principai men became slothful and Udayaditya rose like sun having thwarted the opponents,80
A perusal of the facts enumerated in this inscription brings out certain enlightening factors First of all it narrates that Paramāra was the progenitor of the race wherein was born Upendraraja, a gem among the dvijas; his son Vairisimba had a son śrıyaka who had Śr Vakpati for his successor, He was followed by Śrı Vairisimba alias Vajrata Svamın who had a son named Śrı Harşadeva who was succeeded by Srimad Vakapatiraja, having a younger brother Sindhuraja having his son Sri Bhojadeva subsequenty followed by Udayaditya who perhaps was a scion of the race and most probably a younger brother of Bhoja as postulated by Dr Pratipala Bhatia.81 According to her Bhoja did not probably leave bebind any son, at least none worthy to succeed bim in those days of trouble when the very existence of the Paramāra state of Malaya was threatened. It was enough to have external trouble, to this were now added the tribulations consequent on conflicts incidental to the unsettled succession Jayasimba I [Mandhata Plates-Dbära
