History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.s1.26

v2.c29.s1.26

It may be said that the Harsha hill inscription does not begin with Sāmantadeva but with Gūvaka I and therefore does not also give the successors of Sāmanta upto Gūvaka I mentioned in the Bijolia inscription viz., 1 Jayarāja, 2 Vigraha, 3 Śrīchandra, 4 Gopendra and 5 Durlabha ; but it is satisfactory to note that the two inscriptions give almost the same line from Gūvaka I onwards upto Durlabharāja in whose reign the first inscription was recorded in V. E. 1030. There is a difference in one name only viz., that of (5) Vākpatirāja who must be equated with Bappayarāja—Vindhya Nripati, the name of Vākpati coming again in the latter (No. 10) being treated as Vākpati II. The two lists are as follows :--