Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.41

c18.41

reign a tributary chief of the name of Pṛithvîrâma made a grant of land to a Jaina temple which he had caused to be constructed in the Śaka year 797 at Saundatti ³⁵ Another Jaina temple was built by a Vaisya or Bania named Chikârya during his reign in Śaka 824 at Mulgunda in the Dhârvâḍ district, and in the inscription which records this fact he is styled Kṛishṇa Vallabha ³⁶ Kṛishṇa or Akâlavarsha appears to have been a powerful prince He is represented as having frightened the Gûrjara, humbled the pride of the Lâṭa, taught humility to the Gauḍas, deprived the people on the sea-coast of their repose, and exacted obedience from the Andhra, Kaliṅga, Gâṅga, and Magadha.³⁷