The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s17.17

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According to the Vratakhanda and the Bassein grant of A. D. 1069, the son of Dridhaprahâra was Sêunachandra I., who is said to have founded a town named Sêunapura.⁴ This person is the first member of the family who is mentioned in the Sangamnêr grant of A. D. 1000, and in the Kalas-Budrûkh grant of A. D. 1025,⁵ and the former record says that he named both his territory and the people of it after himself,—a statement which will now be recognised as of importance in connection with the true appellation of his descendants. So, also, Hêmâdri says, more plainly; that, from his name, the territory was named Sêunadêśa. And this appellation of it occurs in the Paithan grant of A. D. 1272.⁶