The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.34.1

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protection of the good,” which occurs, for instance, in connection with Gangapermaṇadi-Bhuvanaikavira-Udayâditya, a feudatory of the Western Châlukya king Sômêśvara II. (Ind. Ant. Vol. IV. p. 209, text lines 23, 24).—There was also an expression, sukha-saṃkathâ-vinôdadim râjyaṃ-gêyu, or, in Sanskrit, sukha-saṃkathâ-vinôdêna râjyaṃ kri, which was affected specially by the more powerful Mahâmaṇḍalêśvaras or feudatory nobles, who, while acknowledging the authority of paramount sovereigns, evidently enjoyed a certain amount of independence, and frequently omitted, in their records, to mention, or make any allusion to, their paramount masters. This expression was plainly of intermediate purport. Mr. Rice has rendered it by “ruling the kingdom in peace and wisdom” (e. g., Mysore Inscriptions, p. 2, and note). And I have rendered it by “governing with the recreation of pleasing conversations” (e. g., Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 18). Now, however, I should prefer to render it by “ruling with the pleasure of an agreeable or friendly interchange of communications (with the paramount sovereign);” this seems, not only to convey the idea that is intended, but also to be as close a literal translation as is possible.—Among the feudatory nobles or princes, this expression is found, in records of the Śilâhâras of Karâḍ (e. g., Epigraphia Indica, Vol. III. p. 210, text lines 15, 16), the Raṭṭas of Saundatti (e. g., Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 268, text line 64), the Kâdambas of Hângal (e.