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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
MANDHATA PLATES OF JAYASIMHA OF DHARA. from other inscriptions can be no reason for doubting the correctness and authenticity of the information conveyed by these copper-plates. In a similar manner, the name of Udayâditya’s immediate successor, Lakshmadêva, is omitted from all inscriptions except the Nâgpur Praśasti ; and that very Praśasti clearly intimates that some time elapsed between the reigns of Bhôjadêva and Udayâditya. The earliest and latest certain dates which we possess for Bhôjadêva, are Vikrama-Saṁvat 1078 = A.D. 1021, and Śaka-Saṁvat 964 = A.D. 1042-43, while for Udayâditya the only certain date is Vikrama-Saṁvat 1137 = A.D. 1080-81. For the interval between the two, our inscription now gives us a date in A.D. 1055-56, of the reign of Bhôjadêva’s successor Jayasiṁhadêva.1 How long this king may have ruled at Dhârâ, it is impossible to say at present. Probably his reign was not a long one ; and it also seems probable that Bhôjadêva’s reign had come to an end not very long before the date of this inscription.
TEXT.2 ......1 With the date of the present inscription, it may be doubted whether the date which is furnished for
Udayâditya by an inscription at Udaypur (Vikrama-Saṁvat 1116 = Śaka-Saṁvat 981 ; Jour. Am. Or. Soc. Vol. VII.
p. 35), is really so valueless as it has been supposed to be.
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