[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.c34.10.2 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.10.2 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.10.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c34.10.2) The Chatsu inscription of the Guhila Bālāditya (about the 10th century) describes his ancestor Bhartṛpaṭṭa as being, like Rāma (Paraśu-Rāma), endowed with both priestly and martial qualities (\*brahma kṣatrānvita\*).² In the Mt. Abu inscription of Samarasiṁha dated in V. S. 1342, Bappa or Bappaka, the founder of the Guhila-vaṁśa, is said to have 'obtained regal splendour (\*kṣātram mahaḥ\*) in the guise of an anklet after he had bestowed on the sage priestly splendour (\*brāhmaṇya\*) under the guise of his devotion.' In the \*Rasika-priyā\*, a commentary on Jayadeva's \*Gīta-govinda\* by Rāṇā Kumbhakarṇa, Bappa is referred to as \*dvija-puṅgava\* and as belonging to the \*Vaijavāpa gotra\*.³ A verse cited by the Brāhmans of Mewar, in giving the description of the Rāṇās' family, says that the '\*gotra\* is Vaijavāpa, the \*pravaras\* are three and the Veda is Yajus.'⁴ The \*Gotra-pravara-nibandha-kadamba\*⁵ gives Vajavāpi as the name of a \*pravara\*, and Ātreya, Gāviṣṭhira and Paurvātitha as names of three \*gotrarṣis\*. Hence it may be concluded with reasonable certainty that the ancestors of the 'Guhila-putras' of Mewar were originally Brāhmans of Ānandapura in Gujarat. - [Previous: v2.c34.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c34.10.1) - [Next: v2.c34.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c34.10.3) - [Up: v2.c34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c34.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c34.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c34.10.2) · Pramāṇa