The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.307

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had suffered some defeat at the hands of Harshavardhana of Kanauj. Shortly afterwards, indeed, we find Dharasena IV., in A. D. 648 or 649, issuing charters from his victorious camp at Bharukachchha, i.e. Broach;¹ from which it has been inferred that the Gurjara territory then belonged, for a time at least, to the kingdom of Valabhi. The villages that were granted, however, lay, not in the Gurjara country, but in the Khetakahara vishaya. And thus, the grants may well have been made while Dharasena IV. was simply residing at Broach, enjoying the hospitality of Dadda II., after his defeat by Harshavardhana. Later on, it would seem that the relations between the Gurjaras and the rulers of the countries on each side of them, were not so easy: for, the Gurjara record of A. D. 706 speaks of Dadda III. as waging war with the kings of the east and the west,² meaning certainly the king of Valabhi in the latter case, and either the Western Chalukyas, or some ruler of Malwa, in the former case; and the record of A. D. 736 seems to say that Jayabhata III. quieted in battle the impetuosity of the king of Valabhi.³ A. D. 736 is the latest date that has been obtained for the Gurjaras. And, evidently, their power came to an end very shortly after. For, the Nausari grant of October, A. D. 738, tells us that there had then been an invasion by the Tajikas, or Arabs, in which the Gurjaras had been destroyed.⁴ The Western Chalukya prince Avanijanasraya-Pulikesin, however, was successful against the Tajikas, when they attempted to carry the invasion on into his territory. And he doubtless then annexed the Gurjara country, and incorporated it with his own province of Lata.