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² But see *infra*, p. 754, fn. 5 ; also *EI*, Vol. II, p. 306, V. 7. Kielhorn identified the Śaṅkaragaṇa of the Benares grant of Karṇa, with Kokkalla's own son (also called Raṇavigraha), whose daughter Lakṣmī was married by the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Jagattuṅga II, the father of Indra III (A.D. *c.* 915-17); see *ibid*, p. 301, also *BG*, Vol. I, Part II, p. 414. But as this Śaṅkaragaṇa is called *rājā*, and grouped together with Bhoja and Vallabharāja, the Gurjara-Pratīhāra and Rāṣṭrakūṭa kings, it is more probable that the third prince was also a separate ruler and 'not' a mere *crown-prince* like Raṇavigraha.