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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF BHINMAL ...śrēshṭhins Chandana, Kiraṇāditya and Jōgachandra, the last of whom, is stated to have been a member of the town-council for that particular year (ētad-varsha-vārika). The portion showing the purpose of mentioning these names is lost, but they appear to have been witnesses of the donation recorded below. The latter portion of 1. 3 is broken, but it appears to have embodied a name as we can infer from the expression that follows, viz., ēka-matir bhūtvā, i.e., being of one thought. or, unanimously. This person, along with Gugā, who is mentioned at the beginning of 1. 4 and about whom nothing is known, and with the Brāhmaṇa Vāhaṭa, is stated to have presented certain drammas to the illustrious Chaṇḍīśa, i.e., Śiva. The number of the drammas stated to have been presented is also lost, and so the purpose also, which, as can, however, be conjectured, was to put them to use for the worship of the deity. ... The inscription is important in that it shows the prevalence of the Pāśupata sect of Śaivism in the locality. We also note that is was incised only six years subsequent to the preceding incription and in the same temple. Thus the king Kṛishṇarāja, who is mentioned in both the records with the Imperial title of Mahārājādhirāja, is evidently identical, as noted above. We have seen that he was the son of Dhandhuka and grandson of Dēvarāja of the Sirōhī branch of the Paramāra kings. The Sūndhā inscription of the reign of Chāchigadēva of the Jālōr Chāhamāna house, dated V. 1319, informs us that Bālaprasāda, the son and successor of Aṇahilla of the Nāḍōl house of the same family, forced the Chaulukya king Bhīma I (1022-1063 A.C.) to release Kṛishṇarāja (Kṛishṇadēva as the name figures in it) whom he had put in captivity. [1] And the present inscription, which pushes forward the date of Kṛishṇarāja by six years and styles him as Mahārājādhirāja, goes to point out that after his release, the Paramāra king not only regained his throne but also ruled as an independent monarch. It remains unknown whether to show his indebtedness to the Chāhamāna throne, he helped Bālaprasāda’s successor Jēndurāja in the latter’s struggle [2] with Bhīma, the old enemy of the Nāḍōl Chāhamāna house.
...The only geographical name figuring in the inscription is Śrīmāla, which is the same as Bhinmāl, as we have seen above.
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[1]Ep. Ind., Vol IX, p. 76, v. 18, I.N.I., No. 561.
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