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his patron We can easily presume that he has left out this Vakpatiraja from the geneology proper by making the readers understand his place bet. ween Paramara and Varsimba, sire of Siyaka-Harșa and grandaire of Vakpati-Munja and Sindhuraja, Padmagupta's tribute to Vakpatirajadeva7 refers to Vakpatırjadeva, the poet who has been belauded after Bhartf mentha (Kalidasa) 8 Pundingly, however, he may be construed as the present king Vakpatiraja-Muoja who was also a friend of poeta (Kavibaddhava) and had left bis impresa on the mind of Padmagupta, as and when he was about to die.' He was, however, being inspired by Sindhuraja, his younger brother. The period of composition of Navasabasanka carita 18 also reckoned to be V, S. 1061-62 1,1005 A D 50 Padmagupta has not mentioned Bhoja in bis work He and Dhanapala might have been elder and younger contemporaries under the suzerainty of Vakpati Muñja and Sindhurāja, the latter having flourished in the reign period of Bhoja for wbose sake he bad written bis Tilakamañjari Note no 49 proves that Muaja Vakpatiraja had died before Sindhurāja took over from bim and before Padmagupta wrote his work in the life time of Sindhurāja Dhanapala has also referred to Sindhuraja baving his elder brother in Srimad Vakpatırāja and a son 10 Bhoja who was personally anointed to his own throne by the kiog Vakpatiraja also known as Munja having thought that he was competent and an abode of Valour 01 This contradicts the atatement made by Padmagupta that Vakpatırājadeva had died before his younger brother Sundburaja inspired him We can understand from 'divam yiyasuh' as 'one who was about to reach the heavena' 1 o. was ripe old in age sufficient to come to an end of life, and had inspired Padmagupta to write on Sindhuraja who 10 due course of time had 108 pired with greater zeat to character180 bis own biography. The account of Dhanapala tallies more precisely with the one given by Merutungācārya while that of Padmagupta agrees with that of the eplgraphic recorda. It very difficult to say as to which of the two is correct. Dr Pratipala Bhatia 52 seems to be correct in Dostulating that after Vakpati II the succession to the Paramara throne fell to his yonger brother Sindhuraja. The stories which the Jaine Praban. dhas relate that he was exiled on account of disobedience and blinded and Imprisoned by Vakpati-II's orders are a late fabrications without any foundation in facts. Actually the relations between tbe two brothers were the most cordial ones Vakpati Il was so fond of Sindhurāja's son Bhois that he had him anointed as the Yavaraja, 60 From the Navaaabasankacarita we kaow that before starting on his fatal expedition in the Godavari valley Vakpati II put the relds of administration in the hands of Sindhura ia but as Vakpati II never returned and Bboja was perhaps yet a minor Sindhuraja succeeded to the throne. '54 Hence
Yah sve Vakpatirajabhumipatina rajye' bhışıktah avayam' of Dhana. pala can be construed in this light that Bhoja was anointed as Yuvaraja
