Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.52
Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.52
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c11.t9.52
The legend on the seals of some royal families does not bear the name of the king who issued the charter bearing the seal. Thus the seals of the Maitraka kings of Valabhī in Kathiawad has the legend *śrī-Bhaṭakkaḥ* (*śrī-Bhaṭārkaḥ*), Bhaṭārka being the name of the progenitor of the royal family in question.⁴ Similarly, the seals of some Eastern Cālukya kings attached to their copper-plate grants bear the legend *śrī-Tribhuvanāṅkuśa* which seems to have been a *viruda* of one of the earlier rulers of the dynasty.⁵ It is difficult to say whether the Maitraka and Eastern Cālukya kings enjoyed the general name Bhaṭārka and Tribhuvanāṅkuśa respectively, since there is no such indication in the epigraphic records of the two families.