Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.63

c18.63

From the Khârepâṭan plates it appears that Govinda IV was succeeded by his paternal uncle Baddiga, the second son of Jagattunga He is represented to have been a virtuous prince, serene like a sage He was succeeded by his son Kṛishṇarâja, and after his death his younger brother Khoṭika became king The Karḍâ grant is somewhat confusing here, but when properly understood it is perfectly consistent with that of Khârepâṭan It states "When the elder brother Kṛishṇarâjadeva went to heaven, Khoṭṭigadeva, who was begotten by the king Amoghavarsha on Kandakadevî, the daughter of Yuvarâja, became king "⁵⁰ Here the expression "elder brother" must be taken as related to Khoṭṭigadeva and not to the preceding king,⁵¹ whoever he may have been Khoṭika therefore was, even [74] according to the Karḍâ grant, the younger brother of Kṛishṇarâja But he is represented to have been the son of Amoghavarsha, while Kṛishṇarâja is spoken of in the Khârepâṭan plates as the son of Baddiga In an inscription at Saloṭgi, Kṛishṇarâja, the son of Amoghavarsha, is represented to have been reigning at Mânyakheṭa in 867 Śaka,⁵² that is, twelve years after the Sângalî grant of Govinda IV was issued He must have been the same prince as that mentioned in the grants we have been examining For the Kṛishṇa of these was the second king after Govinda IV His father Baddiga, who was Govinda's uncle, must have been an old man when he succeeded, and consequently must have reigned for a very short time Hence his son Kṛishṇa came to be king within twelve years after Govinda's grant , and there is no other Kṛishṇa mentioned in the grants who is likely to have been on the throne in 867 Śaka If, then, the Kṛishṇa of the grants is the same as the Kṛishṇa of the Saloṭgi inscription, here we have evidence that his father's name was Amoghavarsha , so that the Baddiga of the Khârepâṭan plates was the same as the Amoghavarsha of the Karḍâ plates Kṛishṇarâja and Khoṭika were thus brothers, and it would appear from the wording of the statement in the Karḍâ plates that they were the sons of the same father but of different mothers ⁵³ was [75] "first among the wise" and the "best of serene sages", to assume the reins of power He was assisted in the government by his son Kṛishṇa, who though but a crown-prince wielded very great power The enemies who transgressed his commands were punished, he put to death Dantiga and Bappuka who had grown insolent He thoroughly subdued the Gânga prince, and planted what appears to be a colony of the Âryas in his dominions Hearing of the ease with which he captured the strongholds in the south, the Gûrjana prince, who was preparing to take the fortresses of Kâlanjara and Chitrakûṭa in the north, had to give up the enterprize All feudatory chiefs between the eastern and the western oceans and between the Himâlava and Siṁhala (Ceylon) paid obeisance to him After he had thus rendered the power of his family firm, his father died, and he ascended the throne The Wardhâ plates announce the grant of a village to the north-west of Nâgpur near the modern Mohagaon made by Kṛishṇarâja, who is also called Akâlavarsha, in the name of his brother Jagattunga to a Brâhman of the Kâṇva school of the White Yajurveda on the 5th of the dark half of Vaiśâkha in Śaka 862, corresponding to 940 A D, the cyclic year being Śârvarı This prince is called Śrı-Vallabha also in the grant