The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s1.50

v2.c34.s1.50

Apart from the dates supplied by this inscription, very little is known about Naravāhana's reign. The Atpur inscription of Śaktikumāra only praises him in vague and general terms which mean nothing. It however mentions the fact that he married the daughter of a Cāhamāna named Jejaya. Ojha noticed an unpublished Ahar inscription which mentions the name of Naravāhana's *Akṣapaṭalādhīsa*, Śrīpati, son of Mayūra, who held the same post in the previous reign. Naravāhana was succeeded by his son Śālivāhana,² who had a short reign and was in turn succeeded by his son Śaktikumāra some time before V.S. 1034 (*c.* 977 A.D.). Śālivāhana's reign therefore falls between V.S. 1028 (*c.* 971 A.D.), the last known date of his predecessor, and V.S. 1034 (*c.* 977 A.D.), the first known date of his son. This makes him a contemporary of the Mālava Paramāra Muñja-Vākpati II (*c.* 974-95 A.D.), who is said in the Bijapur inscription of the Hastikuṇḍi Rāṣṭrakūṭa Dhavala (V.S. 1053) to have 'destroyed Āghāṭa³ the pride of Medapāṭa.'⁴ I have already suggested elsewhere that one of the princes, who was defeated on this occasion and whom Dhavala claims to have protected was possibly the Guhila Sālivāhana, or his son Saktikumāra.¹ The following inscriptions are known for the reign Saktikumāra :