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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE EARLY GURJARAS than three and a half months.1 Taking the year as expired and the month as amānta, the corresponding Christian date would be the 9th October 736 A.C. It does not admit of verification. The present inscription gives the following genealogy of the donorââ
As stated above, the description of the first four princes is exactly as in the Navsāri and Anjanēri plates of Jayabhaţa III. They must, therefore, be identified with Dadda II (alias Praśāntarāga), Jayabhaţa II, Dadda III (alias Bāhusahāya) and Jayabhaţa III. The next prince Ahirōla, the son of Jayabhaţa, is mentioned in the present plates only. Like his father, he was a devout worshipper of Mahēśvara (Śiva), attained the pañchamahāśabda and was the lord of great feudal chiefs. His description in other respects is merely conventional. His son Jayabhaţa III, who issued the Navsāri and Anjanēri plates and who was his grandfather. The latter portion of his eulogy in the present inscription occurs also in the Kāvī plate. Its historical importance has already been noticed.2 The rest is a mere conventional description.
Of the localities mentioned in the present grant, Bharukachchha has already been identified with Broach. Mannātha the donated village is probably Magnāth3 on the right bank of the Dhādhar about 2 m. south-east of Jambusar, and 25m. north of Broach. Lōhikaksha I am unable to locate.
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1This is according to the amānta scheme. According to the pūrņimānta scheme, the interval would
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