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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF VAGADA the enemies and brought back the cow taken away by Viśvāmitra, as we find in the Udaipur praśasti for the time in the epigraphic records.[1] Verses 7-9 describe the scene of a battle which, from the description, appears to have been very fierce; and though the name of the Paramāra king who fought it is lost, he appears to have been no other than Sīyaka II, from the fact that his son and successor Muñjadēva is described in the verse that immediately follow (10- 12). Muñja is said to have been a valorous prince who defeated his enemies; these enemies are not mentioned by name, but they seem to have been the Chālukyas or the Chaulukyas with whom he is known to have waged wars. Verses 13-15 mention (Muñja’s younger brother) Sindhurāja ; and the next five verse (16-20) are devoted to the description of (his son) Bhōjadēva eulogising his learning and munificence in a conventional manner, After Bhōja is mentioned Jayasiṁha (tam-anu), who is stated to have been a great warrior vanquishing all his enemies; but the statement that the he subjugated the earth bounded by the four oceans is again conventional and historically worthless. ...Here the first part of the praśasti ends; and then it gives the genealogy of Maṇḍalīka in whose time the record was put up. ... The first king mentioned in the second part is Dhanika, who is spoken of as a ‘wishfulfilling tree’ and who built the temple of Dhanēśvara near that of Mahākāla, obviously at Ujjain (vv. 26-27). His relationship with any of the rulers of the main line is not specified in the present record, but it can be known from the Arthūṇā praśasti of V.S. 1136, which, on the other hand, begins the account of this subordinate line of rulers with Dambarasiṁha, mentioning him as the younger brother of Vairisiṁha[2] of the main line. Dambarasiṁha, as we know, has no room in the present inscription; but that the was no other than Dhanika himself can be inferred from the name of his immediate successor who is mentioned as Chachcha in the present record but as Kaṅkadēva in the Arthūṇā inscription referred to above, both these names being synonymous and the variants of chāchā and kākā, which bear the same sense.[3] According to the praśasti, Chachcha was a nephew of Dhanika (v. 28) and skilled in the art of warfare. Verse 29 mentions a historical fact, viz., that he actively participated in Sīyaka struggle against Khōṭṭigadēva at Khalighaṭṭa on the Rēvā (Narmadā) and died a heroic death. This is evidently a reference to Sīyaka’s expedition against the Rāshṭrakūṭas of Mānyakhēṭa, in which the Paramāras succeeded in sacking and plundering the Rāshṭrakuṭa capital, which took place in 972-73 A.C., as we have seen above while editing the Udaipur praśasti.[4] But that Kaṅka actually ruled for some time is known from the epithet of mahā-nṛipa applied to him in v. 28 of the present record. The period of his reign is not known, but assigning him at least a few years, his uncle Dhanika may be taken to be a contemporary of Sīyaka’s father Vairisiṁha, considering only one generation before in both the houses.[5]
...The next verse of the praśasti (30) is completely lost, but it is not difficult to infer that it may
have mentioned Chachcha’s son, Chaṇḍapa, whom we know from the next inscription. Chaṇḍapa
was followed by Satyarāja (v. 31). Verse 31, which is wholly lost excepting three syllables,
may have mentioned the relationship between these two rulers, as of father and son, respectively,
as we know it from the Arthūṇā praśasti. Satyarāja is stated to have fought with the Gūrjaras
and obtained dignity (vibhava) from Bhōjadēva, the renowned Paramāra king of Mālwā. Bhōja’s
[1] This account is also to be seen in the Navasāhasāṅkacharita of Padmagupta, which is a literary source and is an earlier work. (See Ind. Ant., Vol, VI, p. 48).
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