The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s7.9

c8.s7.9

¹ From Śanaphulla the first chief to Raṭṭa the last there are ten generations. Somehow each succeeding chief in this line happens to be the son of the preceding. Though in a line of princes some of whom bear to others the relation of brother or uncle, the average duration of each reign is from 19 to 21 years; the average duration of a generation is always much longer, and varies from 26 to 28 years. One can verify this by taking any line of princes or chiefs in the world. Raṭṭa was on the throne in S'aka 930, and supposing him to have begun to reign about that time, nine generations or about 27 × 9 years have passed away from the date of the foundation of the family to S'aka 930. Subtracting 27 × 9 = 243 from 930, we have Śaka 687 as the approximate date of S'anaphulla. If we take the average to be 26, we shall have 696 as the date. In either case we are brought to the reign of Krishna I. The dates of Krishna II. range from S'aka 797 to 833 and of Krishna III. from S'aka 862 to 881, and therefore neither of these will do. Even if we take the other average of a reign in the present case and subtract 19 × 9 = 171 from 930, we get S'aka 759, which will not take us to the reign of Krishna II. whose earliest date is S'aka 797. The Khârepâṭan family therefore was the oldest of the three, and was founded in the reign of Krishna I. Bâl Śâstri read the name of the last chief in the grant as Rahu; but the second syllable of the name is certainly not the form of which in the grant itself is different. It looks exactly like the in the word परमभट्टारक and आघट्टनानि which occur elsewhere in the grant.