The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.211

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moon day of the month Vaiśâkha of the (Kalachuri or Chêdi) year 394 (expired);¹ and the corresponding English date is, approximately, the 9th April, A.D. 643.² The use of the title *Râja* shews that Jayasiṁha and his son and grandson were of only feudatory rank, and that, at some time previous to the date of the record, Vijayavarman had been in charge of this part of the country under Pulikêśin II. No indication is given as to the relationship between Jayasiṁha and the Chalukyas of Bâdâmi; and, consequently, he and his son and grandson cannot yet be referred with any certainty to a definite place in the genealogy.³ And this omission to indicate the relationship, or to make any reference at all to the paramount line, seems a plain indication that, when this charter was issued, the latter had experienced disaster, and that the Chalukyas of Gujarât, while not exactly prepared to assert independence, were in doubt as to what supreme authority they should recognise. It is for this reason that the downfall of Pulikêśin II., and the sacking of Bâdâmi, must probably be placed before A. D. 643.