The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s6.106

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Râmachandra. At the end of his Marâthî commentary on the Bhagavadgîtâ he tells us: "In the Kali age, in the country of Mahârâshtra and on the southern bank of the Godâvarî, there is a sacred place five *kos* in circuit, the holiest in the three worlds, where exists Mahâlayâ, who is the thread that sustains the life of the world. There, king Râmachandra, a scion of the Yadu race and the abode of all arts, dispenses justice, and there a vernacular garb was prepared for the Gîtâ by Jñânadeva, the son of Nivrittinâtha, sprung from the family of Maheśa."¹ The date of the completion of the work is given as Saka 1212 or A. D. 1290, when we know Râmachandra was on the throne.