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308 See on him: R.C. Majumdar (1980). 309 V. Śukla (I, 133) agrees with P.V. Sharma in identifying Hammīra as the king of Raṇthambhor; he assigns Vācaspati to the end of the thirteenth or the beginning of the fourteenth century. G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 467) places Vācaspati in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. 310 See S. Dutta (1980): 326–329; R.C. Majumdar (1948): 303 and 386–387. According to S. Dutta (1980: 359–360) this Hammīra reigned from A.D. 1314 to 1378 (these dates were accepted by J. Filliozat, 1974), while others give the period of his rule as 1301–1365; he assumed the title of Mahārāṇa after seizing Chitor and establishing his authority over the whole of Mewār (R.C. Majumdar, 1980: 70). Besides the Hammīras referred to, there is at least one more king of this name, to whom a quasi-historical play, called Hammīramadamardana, by Jayasiṃha Sūri, is devoted (S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De, 1947: 478; Krishnamachariar, 1989: 202–203; M.A. Mehendale and A.D. Pusalker, 1989: 311–312; M. Winternitz III, 251). This play, written in A.D. 1230, describes the defeat of Sultan Śams-ud-Dīn Dunyā, called Hammīra, by the Caulukya king Vīradhavala. 311 R.C. Majumdar (1948): 356–357.