History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s89.11

v1.c6.s89.11

The Jyotiḥsaukhya was composed in śake 1494¹⁰³⁵ (i. e. 1572 A. D.). The ms. of the Vyavahārasaukhya bears at the end the date *saṁvat* 1638 (1581-82¹⁰³⁶ A. D.) which seems to be the date of its composition. Ṭoḍaramalla was a man of versatile genius. He distinguished himself as an able commander as well as a great financier and statesman. For a brief account of his life, vide Blochmann’s translation of the Ain-i-Akbari, vol. I. pp. 351-352. It is there stated that he was *Khetri* by caste, that, though it is generally stated that he was born at Lahore, he was really born at Laharpur in Oudh (p. 620) and that he died at Lahore on the 11th day of 998 of the Mussulman era¹⁰³⁷ (i. e. 1589 A. D.). The Marathi magazine ‘Itihāsasaṁgraha’ publishes an inscription on a stone found in the Draupadīkuṇḍa at Benares wherein it is said that Toḍara of the Ṭaṇḍana family constructed that beautiful reservoir in 1646 of the Vikrama era¹⁰³⁸ (i.e. 1589 A. D.). Therefore it follows that literary works were compiled under the patronage of Todarmal between 1565-1589 A. D.