The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.100

c5.s12.100

Ujjaini—Ujin, the capital of Avanti or ancient Malwa It is situated on the river Siprâ Same as Ujjayinî Asoka resided here in 263 B C as the viceroy of his father Bindusâra (Turnour's *Mahâvamsa*, ch V) It was the birth place of Mahindra, the son of Asoka The Garddabhilla dynasty—a dynasty named after the most celebrated of its kings, reigned at Ujjayinî Garddabhilla offered violence to Sarasvatî, the sister of Kâlikâchârya who in revenge uprooted Garddabhilla and established the Saka kings at Ujjayinî Garddabhilla's son Vikramaditya destroyed the Sakas and inaugurated the Samvat era for which see *Kalikâcharyya kathâ*, a Jaina work The commentary of the *Kalpasutra* (the celebrated Jaina work) contains the story of Kâlikâchârya who changed the Paryushana Parva to the fourth day (Merutunga's *Therâvalî*, Samayasundara's *Kalikâchâryya kathâ* a MS in the Sanskrit College Catalogue, p 27) But there is much conflict of opinion regarding the identity of Vikramaditya and the founder of the Samvat era Dr Bhandarkar, Fergusson, Vincent Smith and other authorities identify him with Chandra Gupta II who was called Vikramaditya He was the son of Samudra Gupta and Datta Devî