Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c22.15

c22.15

Of all these brothers the youngest Gaṇḍarâdıtya seems to have been the most famous He ıs the donor, as indicated above, in the grant published by Paṇḍit Bhagvânlâl Indrajı,⁸ and in others recorded on stone at Kolhâpur and in the districts His dates are Śaka 1032, 1040, 1058⁹ He ruled over the country of Miriñja along with the seven Khollas and over Konkan, which thus seems to have been subjugated by the Kolhâpur Śilâhâras before 1032 Probably it was added to their dominions in the time of Gomka or soon after From the grant of Bhoja II it appears that the part of Konkan ruled over by the Dekkan Śilâhâras was the same as that which was in the possession of the family mentioned in the Khârepâṭaṇ grant,¹⁰ wherefore it follows that the Śilâhâras of southern Konkan were uprooted by their kinsmen of the Kolhâpur districts Gaṇḍarâditya fed a hundred thousand Brâhmans at Prayâga This must be the place of that name which is situated near Kolhâpur, and not the modern Allahâbâd He built a Jaina temple at Âjarem, a village in the Kolhâpur districts,¹¹ and constructed a large tank, called after him Gandasamudra or "the sea of Gaṇḍa," at Irukuḍi in the Miraj district, and on its margin placed idols of Iśvara or Śiva, Buddha, and Arhat (Jina), for the maintenance of each of which he assigned a piece of land Several other charities of his, in which the Jainas also had their share, are mentioned, and his bountiful nature as well as good and just government are extolled.¹² He first resided at a place called Tîravâḍa and afterwards at Valavâḍa, which has been identified with the present Valavḍem¹³