The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s1.30

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³ Ojha (HR, II, pp. 420 ff.) has identified this prince with Bhartṛpatta the founder of the Chatsu branch of the Guhilas. This however seems to be improbable, if not impossible, even if we accept the reading of his date of the Dabok inscription of Dhanika (Harṣa year 207 = V.S. 870 = A.D. 813). For Bhartṛpatta of the Chatsu inscription, being the 5th prince counting backwards from Dhanika, must be referred approximately to c. 713 A.D. But we have seen that the period of Kālabhoja-Bappa, the 4th, counting backwards, from Bhartṛpatta of the Nagda branch, is approximately 789-58 A.D. Thus it is absolutely impossible to identify these two Bhartṛpattas. It may be added that Ojha himself believes in V.S. 810 (c. 753 A.D.) to be the date of Kālabhoja-Bappa's abdication. This is also clear from another calculation. Ojha accepts the Pratīhāra emperor Bhoja (c. 836-881 A.D.) as being the Bhoja who was a contemporary of Harṣarāja, the 9th prince from Bhartṛpatta of the Chatsu branch. This fixes the period of the latter roughly about the first half of the 8th century, which was the period of Bappa.