[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c29.s3.64 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.64 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.64 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.s3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s3.64) Nothing definite was so long known of the reign of this prince. But his recently discovered Amoda grant supplies us with a piece of important information for his reign. This grant we are told ‘was made by way of thanksgiving on an escape from a great calamity, when the donor had almost lost his kingdom in a battle with one Dhīrū who is described as a huge alligator clutching his victim.’¹ According to Hiralal Dhīrū is a non-Aryan name. If this is accepted then it appears that there was a serious rebellion of the aboriginal tribes under the leadership of Dhīrū which was only suppressed with difficulty by Jājalladeva II. - [Previous: v2.c29.s3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s3.63) - [Next: v2.c29.s3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s3.65) - [Up: v2.c29.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s3.64) · Pramāṇa