The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.729

v2.c31.729

According to Merutuṅga, Vīsaladeva⁵ was succeeded by Arjunadeva in V.S. 1318. The Cintra *praśasti* of the reign of Sāraṅgadeva reveals the fact that Arjuna was not the son but the nephew of Vīsaladeva. We are told that "after the illustrious Viśvamalla had anointed Arjuna, the son of (his younger brother) Pratāpamalla, he enjoyed (in heaven) the banquets of ambrosia and the nectar of the lips of the celestial maidens."⁶ The same record gives us the name of Nāgalladevī Vīsaladeva's queen. A stone tablet at Kodinara in Kathiawar contains two *praśastis* of the Nāgara Brāhman Nānāka, the court poet of Vīsaladeva which record the inauguration of *Sārasvata-krīḍā-ketana* and *Sārasvata-sarovara* by him. One of these *praśastis* is dated in V.S. 1328.¹