Grants of Land found at Ujjayani. 231 



enjoins, that such grants should either be written upon silk, or inscribed 

 upon copper.* 



One of these grants or patents, records a donation of land made by the 

 reigning sovereign of Dhdrd, on the anniversary of the death of his father 

 and predecessor, in 1191 oi^ ihe Samvat era,; confirmed by the prince his 

 son, at the time of an eclipse of tlie moon, in Srdvana 1200 Samvat. It 

 appears from calculation that a lunar eclipse did occur at the time ; viz. on 

 the Kith of July A.D. 11 it, about 9i I'.M. apparent time, at Ujjayani. 



This date, so authenticated, becomes a fixed point, whence the period, 

 in which the dynasty of sovereigns of Dhdrd flourished, may be satisfactorily 

 computed. The series of four princes, whose names are found in these 

 patents, two of them anterior to A.D. 1134 (1190 Samvat), and two of 

 them subsequent to that date, (for the anniversary of Nara varma's funeral 

 rites in 1191> determines his demise in 1190 Samvat ;") may be taken to 

 extend from the latter part of the eleventh century of the christian era to 

 near the close of the twelfth. It is carried retrospectively, through a line 

 of three more princes, to Sindhu grandfather of Kdjd Bhoja, by the marble 

 at Madhiwara-ghar, and other evidence ; as shown by Major Tod. 



The earliest of the three patents inscribed upon copper, which were pro- 

 cured by Major Tod at Ujjayani, bears the date of fiA Mdgha sudi 1192 

 Samvat, answering to January A.D. 1137. It has the signature of Yas'6- 

 varma deva, who, in the preceding year, 1191 Samvat, had made a donation 

 of land on the anniversary of the demise of his father Nara varma deva, 

 which was confirmed (apparently in Yasovarma'^ life-time), by his son 

 Lacshmi varma deva, in 1200 Samvat : as above noticed. The latest of 

 the three grants is by his successor Jaya varma deva, and, being incomplete, 

 exhibits no date. Both these patents agree in deducing the line of succes- 

 sion from Udayaditya Di-:vA, predecessor of Nara varma. There is con- 

 sequently this series perfectly authenticated : 



Udayaditya deva 



Nara varma deva 



Yas'6 varma deva 



Jaya varma deva. Lacshmi varma deva. 



♦ Digest of Hiudu Law, 2. 278. As. Res. 2. .SO. 



