The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.243

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The first, second, and seventh of the above records give further information about the feudatory branch of the family in Gujarât. No. 1, the Kâvî grant, furnishes the later date for Gôvindarâja, in April A. D. 826 or 827. And a peculiar point about it is that, for some reason which is not disclosed, it takes the genealogy of the main line only as far as Gôvindarâja III., and makes no reference of any kind to Amôghavarsha I., though the latter was then the reigning king. The explanation of this may possibly be that, when this charter was issued, Gôvindarâja was in rebellion against his sovereign. At the same time, it duly gives to him simply his feudatory title of Mahâsâmantâdhipati. No. 2, the Barêdâ grant, on the other hand, takes the genealogy of the main line as far as Amôghavarsha I., whom it mentions by his biruda of Mahârâja-Sarva. It then mentions Indrarâja of Gujarât; and then his son Karkarâja, of whom it says, — referring, probably, to some descendants of Kakkarâja II., the contemporary of Krishna I.,² — that "he vanquished the tributary Râshtrakûṭas, who, after they had voluntarily promised obedience, dared to rebel with a powerful army; and he speedily placed Amôghavarsha on his throne."³ And then, apparently without any reference to Gôvindarâja, it introduces Karkarâja's son, the Mahâsâmantâdhipati Dhârâvarsha-Nirupama-Dhruvarâja, for whom it furnishes a date in October, A. D. 834 or 835. No. 7, the Bagumrâ grant, again takes the genealogy of the main line as far as Amôghavarsha I., whom it mentions both as Mahârâja-Sarva and as Amôghavarsha. It then takes up the genealogy of the feudatory branch. In connection with Indrarâja, it tells us that he had some devoted followers in the Mâna tribe, skilled in the use of the bow. In the account of Karkarâja, — whose name it gives in the form of Kakkarâja, — it repeats the statement about his conquering the rebellious tributary Râshtrakûṭas and placing Amôghavarsha I. on the throne. And then, certainly with no mention of Gôvindarâja, it passes on to Karkarâja's son Dhruvarâja, who, it says, lost his life in battle with the forces of a certain Vallabha.⁴ Dhruvarâja was succeeded