The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s1.107

v1.c17.s1.107

The identifications proposed have to face other difficulties. If the Janamejaya who appears at the head of the table in the Bhuvanesvar epigraph was the same person as Mahābhāvagupta Janamejaya, and if the Mahābhāvagupta of the Sonpur grant is accepted as Mahābhāvagupta II, then in one case Uddyotakesarin becomes the 3rd reigning king from Janamejaya and in another case the 6th. The difficulty is partly solved if we suppose that the Mahābhāvagupta of the Sonpur grant was later than the prince of that name in the Kudopali grant. For this would make Uddyotakesarin of the Sonpur grant the 5th reigning prince from Mahābhāvagupta I Janamejaya, with a possible Mahāśivagupta in between the two Mahābhāvaguptas of the Kudopali and the Sonpur grants. This would tend to lessen the distance between the two Uddyotakesarins. The position may be illustrated by the following table :