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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
Dated events mentioned in the Rājapraśasti
(The dates are given in Vikrama Saṁvat, the year being usually Śrāvaṇādi.)
1718 Māgha vadi 7, Wednesday (1st January, 1662 A.D.), commencement of the lake
and the praśasti (II. 10, VIII et passim).
1732 Māghī-pūrṇimā, Thursday (20th January, 1676 A.D.), date of the consecration of
Rājasamudra (III. 35-36, et passim).
1664 Bhādra sudi 2, birth of Jagatsiṁha (V, 15.)
1685 Vaiśākha sudi 3, his coronation.
1686 Kārttika vadi 2, birth of Rājasiṁha.
1687 Birth of his brother Arisiṁha.
1698 Diwālī, king’s mother Jāmbavatī went on pilgrimage to Dvārakā.
1698 Rājasiṁha at the age of 12 went to Jaisalmer for his marriage. Idea of excavating Rājasā-
gara conceived.
1704 Āshāḍha 8, solar eclipse, the king was at Amarkaṇṭak on pilgrimage.
1704 Kārttika, king’s mother went on pilgrimage to Mathurā and Gōkula. Same year Vaiśākhī
15, he built the temple of Jagannātha Rāya, (Acc. to the J. R. Temple inscription
the year of the installation of the image was 1709 (13th May, Thursday, 1652 A.D.) ;
Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIV, p. 62.
1709 Phālguṇa vadi 2, Rājasiṁha ascends the throne (VII).
1710 Pausha vadi 11, birth of Jayasiṁha from Sadākuṁbarī.
1711 Āśvina, Shāhjahān arrives at Ajmer and Sādullā Khān at Chitor.
1713 Kārttika Pūrṇimā, king performs Bhahmāṇḍa-dāna at Ēkaliṅga.
1713 Pausha vadi 11, Manvādi day, he gave away a white horse in lieu of Aśvamēdha.
1714 Vaiśākha sudi 10, he sets out on digvijaya.
1714 Jyēshṭha, the Rāṇā when in camp hears of Aurangzeb’s becoming emperor and sends his
brother Arisiṁha to Delhi.
1714 Rāṇā sends his son Sardārsiṁha in aid of Aurangzed against Sujā.
1716 Rāṇā places Rāvala Giridhara in charge of Ḍuṅgarpur.
1716 Śrāvaṇa, Rāṇā marches against Vasāḍ (in Mandāsōr).
1715 Vaiśākha vadi 9, Tuesday, his minister Phatēchand marches against Bānswārā.
1716 Phālguna, Rāṇā constructs a gate at the Dēbārī pass.
1717 Rāṇā marches to Kishangarh and marries Rūpasiṁha’s daughter (Chārumatī).
1719 Rāṇā subjugates the Mīnas of Mēvala.
1720 Rāṇāvata Rāmasiṁha goes to Sirōhī and restores the territory to Akhērāja put in captivity by his son.
1721 Mārgaśīrsha vadi 8, Rājasiṁha marries his daughter Ajavakuṁvarī to Bāghēlā Bhāvasiṁha,
son of Anūpsiṁha of Rewā.
1721 Māgha, solar eclipse, king performs certain charities.
1721 Vaiśākha sudi 13, Monday (17th April, 1665 A.D., the year being Śrāvaṇādi), foundations
of the dam laid.
1725 Māgha sudi 10, consecration of a tank at Baḍi and of another called Rangasarasa at Udaipur.
1726 Paḍō daśamī in Mārga, palace on Suvarṇaśaila opened.
1726 Kārttika vadi 2, Rājasiṁha makes two mahādānas.
1726 Vaiśākha vadi 13, muhūrta fixed for the inauguration of the Kāṁkrōlī dam.
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