Indian Antiquary Vol 12

SR No.: 032504
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 390
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
different enjoyments, royal policy and by good qualities in various matters, who foiled the intentions of his enemies, the tying post of the triumphant glory obtained in battles, possessed of (great) depth like the ocean, possessed of unmeasured greatness like the Himalayas, possessed of the six qualities, and upholding them without any change, devoted to the service of gods, Brahmanas, elders, good preceptors and sages, able to deliver (from misery) the poor and helpless, like the sun, his rise increasing every day, a fort of mirth (?) while he-possessed of these qualities,-was managing all (state) affairs, at that time Seunadêva the great king with (his) minister, having considered, gave, through devotion, to the lord (Tirthankara) Chandraprabha, two shops free from burdens. And to lord Chandraprabha, the destroyer of Kâma, whose body and features are pure, the benefactor of all beings, the merchant, Vatsaraja, the front mark (best) of his family, devoted to the worship of gods, Brahmans, elders and good preceptors, with merchants Lâhada and Dasaratha gave their own shop and house. And in the city settled five Drammas" a year. The giver of land obtains as the fruit, long life, sons, wealth, happiness, good luck, a permanent kingdom, greatness, glory and heaven. Earth has been enjoyed by many kings, Sagara and others; he to whom it belongs at a particular period, to him goes then the fruit. The giver (of land) and adviser of the gift reside in heaven, (while) he who takes away or advises taking away land suffers torment in the Raurava hell. He who resumes land given by himself or by another, becomes a worm in dung for sixty thousand years. This, a commandment about shops, was written on stone by the illustrious Divakara Pandit, the son of the illustrious Kolashvara Pandit, a lion towards elephant-like bad astrologers, and like a bee covetous of honey given up to the lotus feet of good astrologers. Welfare and great prosperity! 9. Remarks.
This would show that on Monday the fifth day of the bright half of Jyêshtha in Saka 1063 Dundubhi samvatsara, king Seunachandra
[MAY, 1883.
III gave three shops in the city (probably Anjanêri) for maintaining the temple of Chandraprabha the eighth Tirthankara; and that a rich merchant named Vatsarâja with two others, Lâhada and Dasaratha, gave a shop and a house for the same purpose. The officer, mahamahattama, in charge of the town where the temple stands, who has a host of useless adjectives, has a very odd sounding namePânumaddauri. I have never come across another so strange.
As the Seuna chandra of this inscription has got the same name and attributes as the Sennachandra of the copper-plate, i. e. Dvárávatipuravarádhisvara, Vishnuvamsodbhava, and Yadavakulakamalavikásabháskara, I make no doubt that he is a descendant of the same Yadava family. It appears that a period of seventy-two years has elapsed between the two Seunachandras; in other words, there must be two, probably three kings between them about whom we have no information. How long after Seunachandra III, the dynasty continued to rule is a matter for future inquiry.
From the materials already available the following genealogy may be traced :1. Dridhaprahâra, cir. Saka 740
The word in the original for merchant is sadhu. It is met with in medieval inscriptions. The modern corruptions from it are E and E, used as a title for merchants.
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2. Sennachandra
3. Dvâdiyappa 1
4. Bhillama
6. Sriraja
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5. Vaddiga md. dr. of Jhanjha Silhâra, Ś. 838.
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7. Têsuka md. dr. of Gôgirája a Chalukya, Sâmanta
8. Bhillama (II.) md. dr. of Jayasimha Châlukya by the sister of Ahavamalla
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Seunachandra (II.) Saka 991.
(13 ?) Seunachandra (III.) Śaka 1063.
This coin seems to have been then current, and was almost certainly the Gadhaiya coins, of the corrupt Sasanian type. These Gadhaiya coins were current under that name under the Anhilvâda kings and the MAIwa Parmars.