[8] The text is “Pañcháśatavarshadesyaḥ.” [↑]
[9] Probably Kákrej famous for its bullocks. [↑]
[10] Stories of thieves refraining from plundering houses where they have accidentally laid their hands on salt or millet are common. [↑]
[11] The making of the installation mark on the forehead is the privilege of the king’s sister who gives a blessing and receives a present of villages. [↑]
[12] Elliot and Dowson, I. 11. [↑]
CHAPTER II.
THE CHAULUKYAS OR SOLAṄKIS
(a.d. 961–1242)
Chapter II.
The Chaulukyas, a.d. 961–1242.
Authorities. Authorities.The next rulers are the Chaulukyas or Solaṅkis (a.d. 964–1242) whose conversion to Jainism has secured them careful record by Jain chroniclers. The earliest writer on the Solaṅkis, the learned Jain priest Hemachandra (a.d. 1089–1173), in his work called the Dvyáśraya, has given a fairly full and correct account of the dynasty up to Siddharája (a.d. 1143). The work is said to have been begun by Hemachandra about a.d. 1160, and to have been finished and revised by another Jain monk named Abhayatilakagaṇi in a.d. 1255.[1] The last chapter which is in Prakrit deals solely with king Kumárapála. This work is a grammar rather than a chronicle, still, though it has little reference to dates, it is a good collection of tales and descriptions. For chronology the best guide is the Vicháraśreṇi which its author has taken pains to make the chief authority in dates. The Vicháraśreṇi was written by Merutuṇga about a.d. 1314, some time after he wrote the Prabandhachintámaṇi.