The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s5.14

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mean “before him,” and must mean “after him”, and hence the conjectures are groundless. I have never seen a *preceding* prince mentioned in the grants after his successor, with such an introductory expression as “before him so and so became king.” By the occurrence of the word अजनिष्ट in stanza 23, line 2, Appendix C. I., it appears Râjagi was the son of Bhillama I.