[34] Beal’s Buddhist Records, II. 270. [↑]
[35] Indian Antiquary, VI. 63. That the name Bhilmál should have come into use while the Gurjjaras were still in the height of their power is strange. The explanation may perhaps be that Bhilmál may mean the Gurjjara’s town the name Bhil or bowman being given to the Gurjjaras on account of their skill as archers. So Chápa the original name of the Chávaḍás is Sanskritised into Chapoṭkaṭas the strong bowmen. So also, perhaps, the Chápa or Chaura who gave its name to Chápanir or Chámpaner was according to the local story a Bhil. Several tribes of Mewár Bhils are well enough made to suggest that in their case Bhil may mean Gurjjara. This is specially the case with the Lauriyah Bhils of Nerwer, the finest of the race, whose name further suggests an origin in the Gurjjara division of Lor. Compare Malcolm’s Trans. Bombay As. Soc. I. 71. [↑]
[36] The Madhuban Grant: Epigraphia Indica, I. 67. [↑]
[37] Reinaud, Mémoire Sur L’Inde, 337, in quoting this reference through Alberuni (a.d. 1031) writes Pohlmal between Multán and Anhalwara. [↑]
[38] Indian Antiquary, VIII. 237. [↑]
[40] Indian Antiquary, XI. 109. [↑]
[41] Arch. Surv. West. India, X. 91. [↑]
[42] Tanka may be the northern half of the Broach District. Traces of the name seem to remain in the two Tankáriás, one Sitpore Tankária in north Broach and the other in Ámod. The name seems also to survive in the better known Tankári the port of Jambusar on the Dhádhar. This Tankári is the second port in the district of Broach and was formerly the emporium for the trade with Málwa. Bombay Gazetteer, II. 413–569. [↑]