Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c23.16

c23.16

being named Dharasena and the other Dhruvasena They were the sons of Kharagraha, and the younger of them was the father and predecessor of Dharasena IV This younger brother or Dhruvasena must have been Hwan Thsang's Dhruvabhaṭa Nothing important is involved in the suffix *Bhaṭa* It was a mere title or honorific termination as Pant and Râv are among us the Marâṭhâs Sena, Simha, and Bhaṭa were the Valabhî honorific endings and they could be used promiscuously The king spoken of in the plates as Dhruvasena may have been called Dhruvabhaṭa by ordinary people, from whom Hwan Thsang must have got the name Now, a copper-plate grant of Dhruvasena bears the date 310, and the earliest date of his successor Dharasena IV is 326 The first corresponds to 629 A D (310+241+78=629), and the second to 645 (326+241+78=645) It is quite possible, therefore, that Dhruvasena was on the throne in 640 A D at the time when Hwan Thsang visited Valabhî