[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c8.s17.45 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s17.45 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s17.45 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s17.45) Next after Bhillama III., but without any attempt to define the exact relationship, the Bassein grant mentions Sêunachandra II.,² who by Hêmâdri is called simply Sêuna and is placed after Bhillama IV. The charter further tells us that, just as the three worlds were raised from the ocean by the god Vishnu in his incarnation as a boar, so, after the death of Bhillama, Sêunachandra II. conquered all the kings and lifted up the sovereignty, with its dignity; and the text conveys the impression that the Yâdavas underwent some deprivation of their rank and authority after the time of Bhillama III., and that their position was eventually regained by Sêunachandra II. Hêmâdri adds that he saved Paramardidêva, i.e. the Western Châlukya king Vikramâditya VI., from a coalition of his enemies, and that he established that "light or glory of the Châlukya family" in the sovereignty of Kalyâna. The Bassein charter,³ from the Thâna District, is a record of Sêunachandra II. himself. It styles him a Mahâmandalêśvara. And it registers the fact that in the month Śrâvana (July-Aug.), falling in A. D. 1069, of the Saumya samvatsara, Śaka-Samvat 991 (expired), he granted to his royal family-priest Sarvadêvâcharya, who was versed in all the Śaiva precepts, a village named Chiñchuli, which may be identified, as was done by Pandit Bhagwanlal Indraji,⁴ with the modern Chiñchôli, about ten miles south-east of Nâsik and eight miles north-west of Sinnar. Coupled with his subordinate title, the date of this record shews that Sêunachandra II. was a feudatory of the Western Châlukya king Sômêśvara II. Another record of his time is an inscription at Wâghlî in Khândêsh,⁵ dated somewhat earlier, in the month Âshâdha (June-July), in the same year, recording a grant by Sêunachandra II. himself, and others by a subordinate of his named Gôvindarâja, of the Maurya family, belonging to a long lineage which traced back its origin to the city of Valabhî in Surâshtra or Kâthiâwâd.⁶ It seems possible that Sêunachandra II. is the Sêvana whom a Gadag inscription of A. D. 1191⁷ speaks of as the first ancestor, therein mentioned, of the then reigning king Bhillama. - [Previous: c8.s17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s17.44) - [Next: c8.s17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s17.46) - [Up: c8.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vratakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s17.45) · Pramāṇa