Indian Epigraphy c6.s4.8

c6.s4.8

Although Kalhaṇa's extraordinary impartiality in describing the events of the reign of the contemporary king Jayasiṁha and of the latter's father and uncle cannot be expected in the official praśastis composed by court poets, some inscriptions are known to describe facts which could not have been quite palatable to the patrons of the authors. Attention in this connection may be drawn to the later charters of the Cālukyas of Bādāmi (such as the Kendur plates)³ describing Cālukya Vijayāditya having been captured by the enemies as well as to the Dubi plates⁴ of the Bhauma king Bhāskaravarman of Prāgjyotiṣa giving a vivid description of the discomfiture and capture of the brothers Supratiṣṭhitavarman and Bhāskaravarman, soon after the death of their father, by the Gauḍa invaders who carried off the princes to their own country and released them afterwards apparently on their acceptance of Gauḍa supremacy.