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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF MALWA NAGPUR STONE INSCRIPTION OF NARAVARMAN Paramāra by the sage Vasishṭha who was performing penance there, from his sacrificial pit, as we find in the Udaipur praśasti, dealt with above, [1] The following four stanzas (16-19)describe Paramāra’s descendant Vairisiṁha as a warrior endowed with valour, liberality and fame, and verses 20-25 introduce Vairisiṁha’s son Sīyaka and the latter’s son Muñjarāja, devoting three stanzas to describe them each. Muñjarā mentioned here is no other than Vākpatirāja II of the Udaipur praśasti, as is evident from the genealogical contents. It is noteworthy that the first four names occurring in the Udaipur praśasti, i.e., those of Upēndra, Vairisiṁha (I), Sīyaka (I) and Vākpati (I) are omitted in the present inscription which begins from the mention of Vairisiṁha. Muñjarāja’s younger brother Sindhurāja is glorified in vv. 26-28, and the latter’s son Bhōjadēva in the following three verses (29-31). [2] The description of all these princes is highly poetical and worthless for the historian. The next three verses (32-34) introduce Bhōjadēva’s relative (bandhu) Udayāditya, who, according to the Ḍōṅgargāon inscription, [3] was his brother. ...Verse 34, which is historically important, states that ‘when, after the death of Bhōja, the kingdom was troubled by the enemies, Udayāditya played the part of the primeval Boar in delivering the earth (i.e., his kingdom) which had submerged in the mighty ocean in the form of Karṇāṭas, Karṇa and other kings, as we know from the word prabhṛiti used in it. The Prabandhachintāmaṇi tells us that in the last days of Bhōja the Kalachuri Karṇa and the Chaulukya Bhīma made an alliance against him and invaded Mālwā, respectively from the east and the west and took possession of his kingdom. [4] As we have seen above, Bhōja’s unfortunate end is also hinted at in the Udaipur praśasti ; and we know that in that predicament his successor Jayasiṁha regained his hereditary kingdom through the help of the Chālukya king Sōmēśvara-Āhavamalla, who sent his son Vikramāditya VI to help him against the enemies. [5] The expression rājyē cha kuly-ākulē in the verse under reference may also hint at some internal disturbance in the Paramāra kingdom after Bhōja had deceased, and Kielhorn’s suggestion that it was ‘possibly crowded with nobles’ appears to be correct in view of the use of the particle cha in the first foot of the verse.
...Āhavamalla was succeeded by his eldest son Sōmēśvara II in 1069 A.C., and with his
succession the situation on the Deccan underwent a change. Sōmēśvara entered into a quarrel
with his younger brother Vikramāditya ; and in the fratricidal war that ensued between the
two brothers, the latter appears to have been helped by Jayasiṁha, who was indebted to him
for help in regaining his throne. To subdue Jayasiṁha, Someśvara sent a contingent against
Mālwā under his general Gaṅga Udayāditya and his feudatory, the Hoysaḷa Eṛeyaṅga,
[6]
and he
also appears to have made an alliance with the Kalachuri Karṇa who too advanced towards
Mālwā almost simultaneously with him. Jayasiṁha’s army was utterly routed in the battle,
resulting in a severe catastrophe befalling his kingdom. He was possibly also killed in the
battle, as the expression magna-svāmini of the verse indicates. Considering this, I am inclined
to hold that the karṇāṭa king mentioned in the present inscription appears to be Eṛeyaṅga
and Karṇa was no other than the Kalachuri king[
[7]
who had once before invaded Mālwā but
was repulsed by the Chālukya Vikramāditya coming for Jayasiṁha’s help, as just seen. The
word prabhṛiti of the verse under reference thus appears to denote the other king to be the
Gaṅga Udayāditya. And this confederacy of three enemies attacking Mālwā from different
sides, with the agreement of exterminating it appears to be also referred to in v. 5 of the
Ḍōṅgargāon inscription, which tells us that the attacks of three enemies were repulsed by
Udayāditya who acted as the great Boar at the time of the pralaya, which corroborates the
statement of the present record.
[1] Above, No. 24.
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