The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.246.3

v2.c30.s4.246.3

It was written by the *Vālabhānvaya-Kāyastha* Kelhaṇa, and engraved by the *Sūtradhāra* Sājaṇa.² This inscription reveals the presence of a kingdom within about 50 miles North-east of Ujjain, the princes of which, to judge from their titles, seem to have claimed an independent position. As the record supplies the date, V. S. 1190 for Vijayapāla, it may be concluded that his grand-father carved out this principality on the lower course of the Sipra not long after V. S. 1111-12 (*c.* 1054-55 A.D.), when Bhoja apparently met his doom at the hands of Karṇa and his allies. The presence of this independent kingdom shows the limitations of the jurisdiction of Udayāditya and his successors, and explains the reason why Jayasiṁha, apparently unaided by any powerful ally, was able single-handed to deal such heavy blows against his western neighbours. Jayasiṁha’s victories had so paralysed the energies of the Paramāras that even when death relaxed the grip of the Caulukya king on Mālava, they apparently did not succeed in recovering their ancestral possessions in Avanti. On the evidence of the Dohad inscription of the *Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara* Vāpanadeva, I have suggested elsewhere¹ that some time between 1140 and 1146 the Caulukyas may have lost their hold on the Panch Mahals, which commanded one of the important strategic routes to Malwa.