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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
ABHIRAS flourishing in their kingdom, in which people invested large amounts for making permanent endowments. This indicates that peace, order and a general sense of security prevailed in the country during their rule. FEUDATORIES OF THE ABHIRAS Mahārājas of Valkha - Until recently we had no knowledge of any feudatories of the Ābhīras. This was due to the circumstances that certain grants1 which originally belonged to Khandesh and were dated in the Kalachuri era were relegated to North India and were supposed to be dated in the Gupta era as they were discovered at Indore. The close similarity which these grants bear in respect of characters, phraseology and mode of dating to a fragmentary grant found at Sirpur2 in the West Khandesh District leaves no doubt that they also originally came from Khandesh.3 These grants give the following genealogy:- Mahāraja Svāmidāsa (Year 67)
As these grants do not mention any royal genealogy, the relation of these princes inter se is not known. All of them are described as parama-bhattāraka-pād-ānudbyāta âmeditating on the feet of the lord paramountâ, which clearly shows that they acknowledged the suzeraintly of some other power. The dates of their grants must plainly be referred to the so called Kalachuri-Chēdi era founded by the Ābhīra Īśvarasēna. The years 67, 107 and 117 mentioned in these records correspond to 316-17, 356-57 and 366-67 A. C respectively. These princes were, therefore, probably feudatories of the Ābhīra Emperors. These princes ruled from Valka which is probably identical with Vāghli, now a Small village, 6 miles north by east of Chalisgaon in the East Khandesh District.4 Most of the places mentioned in their grants can be identified in the vicinity of Vāghli.5 No copper-plates or stone inscriptions of any successors of Rudradāsa have been discovered, but in an inscription in Cave XVII at Ajantā6 we find similar names ending in dāsa which may have belonged to the same dynasty. This inscription gives the following genealogy:-
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