The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.260

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feudatory position of Chandrâditya is shewn by the mention of Vikramâditya I. before him, and as the "dear or favourite son" of Pulikêśin II., as well as by the use of the title Mahârâja in connection with Chandrâditya. The record expressly allots itself to after the time when the sovereignty had been re-established by Vikramâditya I., by speaking of him as "the unrepulsed one, who had conquered the hostile kings in country after country, and had acquired the fortune and sovereignty of his ancestors." The regnal year is qualified by the words sva-râjya, "own reign or rule:" they seem to construe in direct connection with the name of Vijayabhaṭṭârikâ; and, if so, they must refer to the local rule of Chandrâditya: but it is also possible that they are intended to construe in connection with the name of Vikramâditya I.; and, in that case, they definitely fix, within the limit of a year, the date of his accession. In any case, the result for the date shews a starting point in A. D. 654 or 655. And, as the five years of Chandrâditya's government plainly all fell in the time of Vikramâditya I., this record, taken in connection with the Bagumrâ grant of the Sêndraka prince Pṛithivîvallabha-Sênânanda,¹ suggests that we should place the formal commencement of the reign of Vikramâditya I. somewhere in the autumn of A. D. 655.