The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.128

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¹ Originally I thought that the passage containing these words (Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 241, text line 6) included also a reference to a victory over a low-caste aboriginal tribe named Mātaṅgas,—analogous to the Dommas of Gipsies, who figure so largely in the Râjataramgiṇī, and whom we find with a recognised king, or similar leader of considerable power and importance, in Southern India in A. D. 1162-63 (id. Vol. XI. p. 10). But, examining the verse again; I consider that the components of it are connected in such a way that the word mātaṅga must be taken to denote the “elephants” of the Katachchuris. And a hint in the same direction is given in the Nerûr grant of Maṅgalēśa, which describes the Kalachuri king, the conquest of whom is there mentioned, as “possessed of the power of elephants and horses and foot-soldiers and treasure.”