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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
Table II
Succession of the rulers of Mewār from Hammīra to Jayasiṁha
1. Mahārāṇā Hammīra, s. of Arasī (Arisiṁha) of Sisōdā who was the eldest son of Lakshmasiṁha.[1]
2. Mahārāṇā Kshētrasiṁha[2], s. of. V.S. 1423.
3. Lakshya or Lakshasiṁha[3], s. of. 2. V.S. 1462, 1468, 1475.
4. Mōkala (Mahārājādhirāja Mahārāja Mṛigāṅka), s. of 3. m. Saubhāgyadēvī (mother of
Kumbhā) and Gōrāmbikā of the Bāghēlā family. Had seven sons[4]. V.S. 1478, 1485-86.
The Rājapraśasti mentions Bāghā as one of his brothers.
5. Kumbhakarṇa (Mahārājādhirāja Rāyarāya Rāṇe-rāya Mahārāṇā). Had also the birudas
Tōdaramalla, Abhinava-Bharatāchārya and Hindusuratrāṇa among others. Eldest s. of
4 m. Kumbhalladēvī and Apūrvadēvī.[5] Built the fort of Kumbhalgarh and other monuments and forts. V.S. 1488[6], 1491, 1494-97, 1499, 1505, 1507, 1509-10, 1515-18.
6. Udayasiṁha (Udā). s. of 5. Became ruler after murdering his father in V.S. 1525. As a
patricide his name is omitted in all the inscriptions of the dynasty.
7. Rājamalla (Rāymal). s. of 5. Became ruler in V.S. 1530 after ousting his brother Udā. m.
Śṛiṅgāradēvī, d. of. Yōdhā, prince of Marusthalī (Mārwār).[7] V.S. 1537, 1543, 1545, 1556-57,
1561.
8. Saṁgrāmasiṁha (Sāṅgā), s. of 7.[8] V.S. 1574, 1584.
9 Rātnasiṁha II9, died childless.
10. Vikramāditya, b. of [9]. V.S. 1589. He was murdered in V.S. 1596 by Vanavīra, a natural
son of Pṛithvīrāja, son of Mahārāṇā Rāyamal, who for a time usurped the throne of Chitor.
11. Udayasiṁha II, s. of 10.[10] Built Udaipur and commenced the excavation of Udayasāgara in
V.S. 1616 which was completed in V.S. 1621 ; d. V.S. 1628.
12. Pratāpasiṁha, s. of 11.[11] V.S. 1630, 1634, 1639. d. V.S. 1653.
13. Amarasimha, s. of. 12. Born V.S, 1616, Chaitra sudi 7 (16th March 1559 A.D.). Coronation
V.S. 1653, Māgha sudi 11 (19th January, 1597 A.D.), died V.S. 1678, Māgha sudi 2,
Wednesday (26th January, 1620 A.D.).[12]
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[1] According to Nainsi, he had three other sons, Lūṇā whose descendants were known as Lunāvat Sisodā,
Khaṅgār and Vairasāla.
[2] He has six other sons. See Ojha, Hist. of Rajputana, p. 570.
[3] For the names of his six other sons, see Ojha, op. cit., p. 582.
[4] Ojha, op. cit., p. 590.
[5] According to the Kumbhalgarh inscription, he had 11 sons and many wives of whom only two names are
known, one from the Chitor Kīrtistambha inscr. and the other from his commentary on the Gītagōvinda,
Rasikapriyā (Ojha, op. cit., p. 664). His d. Ramābāi was married to Yādava Maṇḍalika of Surat (Junagarh) who
later became a Muslim and his wife returned to Mewār.
[6] This is the reading of Bhandarkar. See his List, No. 769.
[7] According to bardic chronicles he had 11 wives, 13 sons and two daughters (Ojha, op. cit., p. 658).
[8] According to the chronicles he had 28 wives, 7 sons (4 of whom died during his life time) and 4 daughters
(Ojha, op. cit., pp. 686-87).
[9] No inscription of this ruler has come to light yet. But there is an undated stone inscription of his minister
Karmasiṁha at Śatruñjaya (near Pālitānā in Kāthiāwār) (Ojha, op. cit., p. 703).
[10] The story has it that Vanavīra wanted to kill the boy prince also. But his foster mother Pānnā placed her
own son on the bed of the prince who was killed by the usurper. Pānnā then rescued the boy prince who
ultimately with the help of the Sardārs recovered for himself his ancestral kingdom in about V.S. 1597. According
to the chronicles, he had 20 wives and 25 sons (Ojha, op. cit., pp. 733-34).
[11] He had 11 wives and 17 sons. Ojha, op. cit., p. 781.
[12] See Ojha, op. cit., 820.
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