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Vol. XXVI, 2003
ŚRUTAVARMĀ OF BĀŅA
having secret counsel sabotaged by a parrot, got (himself) divested of his kingdom. And Sankara's Sanketākhyā tikā says, “In śrāvasti śruta varmā having (his) secret counsel made to be heard by a parrot as earlier, got (himself) dethroned from his kingdom."21 E. B. Cowell and F. W. Thomas say in their English translation "In śrāvastī faded the glory of śrutavarman whose secret a parrot heard.22 K. Krishnamoorthy23 says :
Śrutavarmā of śrāvasti lost his kingdom, again because of a parrot's betrayal.” R.D. Karmarkar24 says : . śrutavarmā of śrāvasti (Kośala country) betrayed by the parrot lost his kingdom. Süryanārāyaṇa Chaudhari25 in Hindi translation says -
"Suggā dvārā Srutavarmā kā rahasya sune jāne para usa ki śrī śrāvasti men naşta ho gai."
B. C. Law26 in HGOAI p.147 says, “The Harsa carita (Kane's ed p. 50) refers to śrutavarmā who was once the king of Śrāvasti. He also refers to the king Devasena of śrāvasti as per kathāsaritsāgara. III 1.6327, "[Purābhūddeva.senākhyo rājā matimatām varah śrāvasti purītasya rājadhāni babhūva ca" described as a king of Avanti by Ksemendra28 in BKM (Brhat kathā mañjarī) in III -3.23 as "devasenābhido rājā Yo’vantyāmabhavat purā” and Dharamavardhana29 of śrāvasti as per DKC (Daśakumāracarita) of Dandi kathābhāga V (pramaticaritam) as :
"asti hi śrāvasti nāma nagarī. Tasyāḥ patir apara iva dharamaputro Dharamavardhano nāma rājā. tasya duhitā Pratyādeśaiva sriyah.......... Navamālikā nāma kanyakā" and "atha rājñaḥ śravastīsvarasya yathārtha nāmno Dharma - Vardhanasya kanyām nava.mālikām gharma kālaSubhage kanyāpura Vimāna harmaytale viśāla.komalamśayyatal.amad.hi.śayānām yadrcchayopalabhya" and "anvabhavam ca madhu.kara iva nava mālikāmāardra suman.asam.” “Kota Kulaja on the analogy of tuly.a.kulaja has been identified as "kottūraka svāmidatta by R. P. Tripathi"30 in his article “The importance of identification of Kota Kulaja of the Allahabad Pillar inscription. But since R.C. Majumdar31 says, “As to the Kotas' coins bearing the name have been found in East Punjab and Delhi, and they probably ruled in the upper Gangetic valley, he identifies Puspapura as kānyakubja which samudragupta took possession of after the great victory. He also presumes the campaign against Acyuta, Nāgasena and the kota as the earliest one. He also indicates the point of śrāvasti as a territory. Still farther to the north as the realm where the Kotakula ruled.
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