The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s8: (8) Cāhamānas of Satyapura
The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s8
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(8) Cāhamānas of Satyapura
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The existence of this branch, the Sāncōrās, was known from the *Khyāta* of Muhaṇota Naiṇsī,⁶ who traced their descent from ‘Rāva Lāhaṇa’ through Vijaisī, the son of Ālhaṇa. This last prince must be identified with the Ālhaṇa of the Nadol branch (*c.* 1152-1160). According to Naiṇsī it was Vijaisī who first conquered Sanchor; and he gives the following list of Vijaisī's successors:—
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⁶ *Muhaṇota Naiṇsī kī Khyāta* (*Prathama bhāga*), Hindi Trans. by Rāmanārāyaṇa Dugaḍa, pp. 171 ff.; also *EI*, Vol. XI, p. 79.
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Vijaisī (Vijayasimha)
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Padama-sī (Padmasimha)
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Sobhrama
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Sālo
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Vikāma-sī
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Pātō
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This Pātō has been identified with the Cāhamāna Pratāpasimha whose stone pillar-inscription dated in (V.) S. 1444 (*c.* 1387 A. D.) was found at Sanchor.¹ This inscription gives the following genealogy of Pratāpasimha, whom it represents as reigning at Satyapura (mod. Sanchor) :
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¹ Edited by D. R. Bhandarkar, *EI*, Vol. XI, pp. 64-67.
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In the family of the Cāhamāna king
Lakṣmaṇasiṁha of Naḍūla.
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Virasīha of
Sobhita
Karpūradhārā.
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Sālha...liberated the people of
King Mākada
| Śrīmāla from the Turuṣkas.
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Vikramasirnha
Vairiśalya
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. . . . .
Subhaṭa
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(Subhaḍaśalya)
Saṁgrāmasiṁha
Bhīma.
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Kāmalladevī = Pratāpasiṁha
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It will be seen on comparing this list with that supplied by Naiṇsī that the two generally agree; the only differences are that the latter omits Saṁgrāmasiṁha, the father of Pratāpasiṁha (Pato). Combining the two documents we may conclude that like Kīrtipāla, another son of Ālhaṇa, who conquered Jāvālipura (Jalor) and founded the *Sonigarā* branch, Vijayasirnha conquered Satyapura (Sanchor) and became the founder of the *Sāncorā* branch of the Cāhamānas. The Sundha inscription shows that during the reign of the Sonigarā Udayasiṁha (c. 1206-49 A. D.) Satyapura was within his dominions. A stone inscription of Sāmantasiṁha, Udayasiṁha's grandson, dated in V. S. 1345 (c. 1288 A. D.), has also been found in Sanchor. We may therefore conclude that during this period (c. 1206-88 A. D.) the *Sāṅcorās* were feudatories of the *Sonigarā* branch.