The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.291

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A copper-plate grant of the Gujarât Châlukyas found at Kherâ and translated by Prof. Dowson contains the names of three princes, viz., Jayasiṃharâja, Buddhavarmarâja, and Vijayarâja.² Scholars and antiquarians have understood the first of these to be the same as Jayasiṃha the founder of the Châlukya dynasty of the Dekkan. But I think the prince meant is Jayasiṃhavarman, the brother of Vikramâditya I. and founder of the Gujarât branch of the dynasty; for nothing has hitherto been discovered connecting the early Châlukya princes with Gujarât. The grant, however, appears to me to be a forgery.³ The Buddhavarman mentioned in it, if he existed at all, must have been another son of Jayasiṃhavarman, besides the two spoken of above, and he and his son Vijayarâja must have ruled over another part of Gujarât. If the grant is to be regarded as genuine, the date 394 will have to be referred to the Gupta era.