The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c9.120

c9.120

Of Vîra-Vikramâditya II., we have also four other records. One is an inscription at Hûlihalli.¹ It refers itself to the reign of the Kalachurya king Âhavamalla. His feudatory, it says, was the Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara Vikramâditya II. In respect of his descent, it only tells us that he was the son of Jôyidêva I., who was the son of Vikramâṅka, i. e. Vîra-Vikramâditya I. It speaks of the Banavâsi twelve-thousand province as his nij-aiśvarya or "own proper lordship"; but it does not say specifically that he was ruling it. And it is dated in the month Mârgaśira (Nov.-Dec.) falling in A. D. 1182, of the Subhakrit saṁvatsara, Saka-Saṁvat 1104 (expired). Another is an inscription at Haralahalli.³ This record says that, in the Mâlava country, there was king Vikramâditya. It then mentions Vîra-Vikramâditya I. His sons, it says, were Jôma and Gutta II. And to Gutta and Padmaladêvî there was born the Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara Vîra-Vikramâditya II., who was ruling the Banavâsi province at his capital of Guttavolal, with a certain Bâsirâja as his Mahâpradhâna. This record, again, is dated in the month Phâlguna (Feb.-March), falling in A. D. 1188, of the Plavaṅga saṁvatsara, S.-S. 1110 (current). It does not mention any paramount sovereign. But it has to be referred to the time of the Western Châlukya king Sômêśvara IV. Another is an inscription at Chauḍadâmpur.⁴ This record mentions first king Vikramâditya, who reigned at Ujjayanî in the Mâlava country. "After him," it says, "others were born in the race of Chandragupta;" and, eventually, Vîra-Vikramâditya I. His sons were Jomma, or Jôyidêva I., and Gutta II. Gutta's wife was Padmaladêvî. And to them was born the Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara Vîra-Vikrama, otherwise called Âhavâditya-Vîra-Vikramâditya II., who was ruling the Banavâsi province at his capital of Guttavolal. This record is dated in the month Mârgaśira (Nov.-Dec.), falling in A. D. 1191, of the Virôdhikrit saṁvatsara, S.-S. 1113 (expired). An addition to it, dated at the winter solstice in the same year, seems also to mention Vîra-Vikramâditya II.⁵ This record, again, does not mention any paramount sovereign. At this time, the Gutta prince may have acknowledged either the Dêvagiri-Yâdava king Bhillama or his son Jaitugi I., or the Hoyśala king Vîra-Ballâla II., as his master; or he may have been practically independent, pending.