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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF MALWA other place in the region adjoining to it which is the north-western part of Mālwā, may also go to suggest, of course tentatively but as it appears likely, that on this occasion Vākpati-Muñja appears to have encamped at this place in course of his struggle with some of his enemies in the west and north-west, viz., the Chaulukya Mūlarāja I, the Guhila Śaktikumāra and the Nāḍōl Chāhamāna Balirāja, all of whom are known to have been defeated by him. [1] Line 29 states that the charter of the donation was actually issued on the ninth of the dark half of Chaitra of the same year, i.e. V.S. 1036, which is about four months later when the king was camping at Guṇapura after he had achieved a great victory (mahāvijaya-skandhāvarē), which may obviously be taken to have been won against any of these enemies. ...The portion of the inscription dealing with the grant and the purpose for which it was made is followed by five of the customary imprecatory verses (11. 20-28), which are the same as in the Dharampurī record. Line 28 gives another date, as seen just above. And, after mentioning the name of the dāpaka to be Rudrāditya, [2] and with the sign-manual of Vākpatirāja in 1. 30, the record comes to a close. ...Kielhorn expressed his inability to identify any of the geographical names appearing in the inscription ; [3] but considering that they were all in the same region, I propose to make the following suggestions. Bhagavatpura, as seen above, appears to be the modern town of Bhagōr (23o 53’ N. Lat. and 75o 25’ E. Long.), situated on the Chambal, about 16 kms. south-southwest of Sītāmaū, [4] the chief town of a former State of the same name and now that of a parganā in the Mandsaur District of Madhya Pradesh. About 6 kms. to the north of Bhagōr is a big village of the name of Titrōd (24o 2’ N. Lat. ; 75o 29’ E. Long.),, which too, like Bhagōr, is an old place and a tehsīl of the former State named above, and is known to have been an important place in the later days under the Mughals, [5] and may have borne some importance in the earlier days also so as to form the headquarters of a region at the time of the Paramāras, as we learn from the charter under study. This place suggests its identification with Tiṇisapadra. About 8 kms. north-east of Titrōd is a village of the name of Sēmliā, which, in view of its situation in the same locality shows that Sēmbalapura of the inscription. A consideration of all these places in the same locality shows that in the early days of their power the Paramāras had extended their sway at least up to the southern part of the modern Sītāmaū parganā of the Mandsaur District of Madhya Pradesh and lying to the west of the Chambal. Guṇapura, where the grant is stated to have been written, cannot be definitely identified for want of details ; a somewhat similar name goes to suggest that it may possibly have been the modern village of Guṇāvad(75o 30’ E. Long. ; 22o 39’ N. Lat.), situated about 12 kms. north by east from Dhār, which is now the chief town of a District of the same name in Madhya Pradesh.
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[1] See J.B.B.R.A.S., Vol, XVI, p. 173 ; Ind. Ant., Vol. XVI, p. 23, 11. 41-42 ; Ep. Ind., Vol. X, p. 20, text,
vv. 9-10. It is equally possible that Vākpati may then have been struggling against the Hūṇas, as to
be discussed in the next inscription.
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