The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c32.18

c32.18

‘We have already seen that a Chāṭsū inscription speaks of a Guhilot king Bhartṛibhaṭṭa as *Brahma-Kshatr-ānvita*, which I have translated by “possessed of both priestly and martial energy”, but a footnote has been added below saying that what is also implied is that Bhartṛibhaṭṭa was a Brahmakshatrī, i. e. belonged to the Brahmakshatri caste. Bhartṛibhaṭṭa is not the only ancient king of India who is so called. In the Deopārā inscription of Vijayasena, of the well-known Sena dynasty of Bengal, Sāmantasena is described as *Brahma-kshatriyānāṁ kula-śiro-dāma*, which expression was rendered by Prof. Kielhorn by “head-garland of the clans of the Brahmans and Kshatriyas”, but which ought to have been rendered, I think, by “head-garland of the Brahma-kshatrī family”. That the latter is the correct translation is shown by the term *Brahma-kshatra* used with reference to the Sena kings in the *Ballāla-charita* [Bibl. Ind.].