The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.110

v2.c31.110

We shall not therefore be far from the truth if we assume that Durlabha ascended the throne *c.* 1009-10 A.D. The only interesting fact mentioned about this king is contained in the statement of the Vadnagar *praśasti* that he caused 'the destruction of the Lāṭa country.'¹ The chronicles of Gujarat generally credit Mūlarāja I with a conquest of the Lāṭa country. But the existence of the Lāṭa princes even after the death of Mūlarāja has been revealed by the Surat grant of Kīrtirāja (dated in A.D. 1018),² who must have been ruling in Lāṭa when it was invaded by Durlabha. That Durlabha did not succeed in completely destroying the Caulukya principality of Lāṭa is proved by the Surat grant of Trilocanapāla (A.D. 1051), the grandson of Kīrtirāja.³ The *A'īn-i-Akbarī* assigns to Durlabha a reign of 11 years and 6 months, while the *Mirāt-i-Aḥmadī* gives him only 8 years.⁴ As Hemacandra and Abu'l-Faẕl nearly agree in assigning him a period of about 12 years we may refer him to the period c. 1010-22 A.D.⁵