The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.47

v1.c20.47

(1) *Haḍḍālā grant.*—This was discovered near "Haḍḍālā, a large village on the old road from Dholka to Dhandhūkā, but belonging to Eastern Kathiawar.'' It consists of 52 lines, and is written on two semi-elliptical plates. On the first plate "it shows the rude conventional representation of the moon and the sun, while it is blank on the second.'' There are no holes for rings. The inscription begins with an invocation to (Siva) Dhandeśvara. It then proceeds to give the legendary origin of the Cāpas from the *cāpa* (bow) of Śambhu. In the *Cāpa-vaṁśa* was born *Nṛpa* Vikramārka. His son was *Rājā* Aḍḍaka; his son was king Pulakesi; his son was king Dhruvabhaṭa; his younger brother was king Dharaṇīvarāha, resident in Vardhamāna (mod. Wadhwan in E. Kathiawar), who was *Samadhigat-āśeṣa-mahā-śabda-Mahāsāmantādhipati*, and who through the favour of *Rājādhirāja-Parameśvara* Śrī-Mahīpāla-deva ruled the Aḍḍāṇakadeśa named after his own grandfather. This prince granted to Maheśvarācārya on the day of the winter solstice the village named Vimkala, which is connected with the Kanthikā-*sthalī*. It is dated in *Śaka*. S. 836 and was written by *Sāṁdhivigrahika* Mahindaka. Taking the date of the inscription into consideration, Bühler calculated the date of Vikramārka, the founder of the feudatory line, as about 800 A.D. The same scholar also identified Aḍḍāṇa with the modern village of Haḍḍālā.¹