Political History of Northern India

SR No.: 001744
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gulabchandra Chaudhary
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 482
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, & Culture
File Size: 10 MB

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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
prime minister. The colophon of the Uttaradhyayana-výtti of V.E. 1343 gives him the title Samastarājāvali etc., and refers to his prime minister Madhusūdana as transacting the business of the seal and it also mentions Mahattama (an officer) Srisoma.2
Another colophon of the Sthananga-sūtra of V.E. 1346 states that Mahattama Sri Muñjāladeva was an attached (Prativaddha) officer to Sárangadeva and Srī Sānga was an appointed officer by him.3
Besides these ministers we know from the two Jain inscriptions, one from Amaraṇa and another from the Vimala temple, that Palha was in charge of Saurāșțra in V.E. 1333 and Vādhūya was the prime minister in V.E. 1350.
Karadeva (c. 1297-1304 A.D.): The Vicāraśrezži says that Laghu Karna ascended the throne in V.E. 1353 and ruled till V.E. 1360 (1297-1304 AD.) The Muslim historians give 6 years 10 months and 15 days for his reign. The confirmation of the last date of Karna we find from a colophon of the Jain MS named Anuyogadvāra-vytti which records that a wealthy merchant, Pethad, with his six brothers, consecrated an image of Lord Mahāvīra in the temple of the Neminātha at Mt. Ābu in the year V.E. 1360, in the reign of Laghu Srī Karnadeva.5 From all the sources, it appears that Karņadeva was the last Vaghela king of Anhilavāda. We have no detailed account of his reign from the Jain sources.
We know from other sources that Madhava was his minister. The Vicaraśreni and the Vividhatirthakalpa, the two almost contemporary Jain works, refer to an incident that the minister Mädhava, a Nägara Brahmaņa, invited Ulukhan (Ulughkhan), the younger brother of Ala-'ud-Din, to Gujarāta from Delhi. But both the authorities differ in the date. The Vicaraśreni gives the year V.E. 1360, while the Vividhatirtha-kalpa gives the year V.E. 1356.6 We, however, have no contemporary evidence to check these dates. The subsequent authorities like Dharmaranya, and Kanhadade-prabandha agree that Mādhava brought the Yavanas in Gujarāta. The Muslim historians,
1 Ibid., P, 131. 2 Ibid., p. 131. 3 Ibid., p. 133.
4 JSS., II, Pt. IV, P. 9, V. 1360: 9343 bytu: 1 9340 FT HT171teado 316itat:
5 Prasasti-sangraha (Ahmedabad), Pt. II, p. 73. 6 JSS., II, No. 4, p. 9: 9380 49T ATT fanitat: 1
SJGM., X, p. 30: STE TE F guapa sarato OT FITTE AT HOT उलुखाननामाधिजो दिल्लीपुराओ मंतिमाधवपेरिओ गुजरधरं पटिओ।