Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c20.15

c20.15

⁸ *Ibid* Pandit Bhagvânlâl translates the words *arvâk tasya* (see note 10 below) occurring in the Yâdava grant as "before him" and placing Vaddiga before Śrîrâja, conjectures that he was Bhillama's son and that Śrîrâja his uncle deposed him and usurped the throne, (Ind Ant, Vol XII, pp 125*a* and 128*b*) But *arvâk tasya* can never mean "before him," and must mean "after him," and hence the conjectures are groundless I have never seen a *preceding* prince mentioned in the grants after his successor, with such an introductory expression as "*before him* so and so became king" By the occurrence of the word भजन्निह in stanza 23, line 2, Appendix C I, it appears Râjagi was the son of Bhillama I