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No. 86] PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM PLATES OF DADDA III; YEAR 427 1 99
Further, Dadda II, in the records of some of his successors, is credited with affording protection to the lord of Valabhi against the emperor Harsha. Now this description applies, in the present inscription, to Dadda who heads the genealogical list given here. He may thus confidently be identified with Dadda II. His grandson, Dadda III, is styled Bāhusahāya here as elsewhere.
Till now nine records of the Early Gurjaras, including the present one, are known to us; and Prof. V. V. Mirashi gives the following genealogy, as revised by him! :
Dadda I
Jayabhata I-Vitarāga
Dadda II -Prasantarāga
K. 380, 385, 391, 392
Jayabhata II
Dadda III-Båhusabaya K. 427 (the present grant)
Jayabhata III K. 456, 461
Ahirola
Jayabhata IV
K. 486 (two grants) The dates given above are from the records so far discovered. The present grant is dated (K.) 427, and thus is to be assigned to Dadda III.
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First Plate
1 Om Svasti eri-Bharukachchhät-satata-Lakshmi-nivāsa-bhūtē”. trishņā-samtāpa-bāriņa(ni)
din-ānātha-vista2 rit-anubhāvõ(vē) dvija-kul-opajivyamāna-vibhava-salini mahati maharaja-Karnn
ānvagē 3 kamal-ākara iva rājahansa(hamsa)h prebala-[Kali]kāla-vilasita(t-ā)kalita-vimala-svabhāvā:
gambhir-oddā(dā)ra-charita-visma
Above, Vol. XXIV, pp. 176 ff. From the original plates and photographs. 'Expressed by a symbol.
Read-bhute. . This mark of punotuation is unnecessary, as also thoue that follow, down to line 16
