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A corrupt form of Scene is ae secegr oe is given by a Mahuva 
one of V.E. 1500.! erein the g Saramga, who is 
called a Gohilla, is eae 6 as reigning ire on the aforesaid 
date. Other expressions descriptive of the family are Guhi 
vamésa or Giéhilénvaya, which must be translated by ‘‘ the lineage 
or one of Guhila or Gthila,’’ and not by ‘‘ the family (named) 
hila.’? This is clear from the a vamésas = tad-viparita esha 
Guhilasy = 6ddhdrabhito bhuvah, occurring in the Chatsa inscrip- 
tion of Baladitya. There is, however, an inscription found at 
Mangrol and dated V.E. 1202, which speaks of the family as 
Gihilakhyanvaya.? Eco! ie the dynasty by the actual name 
of the founder himse , Guihila. 
the origin of the ( Guhilots, two accounts have been given 
by Tod, one traditional and the ot ther Muhammadan. 
The second, ?.e., the Muhammadan, account suggests a connec- 
tion between the family and the Sassanian kings. One Muham- 
madan author, whom Tod quotes, says: ‘‘ This race is either 
of the seed of Noshizad, the son of Noshirwan, or of that of the 
daughter of Yezdegird. 3 "This subject has been discussed by 
him in Chapter III. But no authority for this is forthcoming 
earlier than that of Abul Fazil, and it is by no means clear on 
see what the inscriptions of Mewdr teach us. Their impor- 
tance cannot be overrated, for they furnish the earliest evi- 
dence on this matter, and are the genuine records of the family 
itself. 
A stone inscription lying in a matha near the temple of 
Achalegvara on Mount Aba, dated V.E. 1342, and referring 
itself to the reign of Samarasizaha, has the following verse, des- 
criptive of Bappa, one of the very early kings of the family. 
Blelatiaa TwaA Cs fase TH AT: 
aia wefaatfedta qae are @earSrrq | 
waaay asige: fafaat aemergas: 
vita qaciquraage: arat fe wal =a | * 
to be ‘engraved by Kurnbha. All the slabs that could be traced have 
now bees removed to Udaipur and our in the Victoria Hall. 
eoreeet oe and Sk, Insers., 3. 
Anna iR ha 1. 
rege one ue uities of Rajasthan, vol. i, 
Ant., vol te hs pp. 347-8 ; above Pie “ i, pp. 49 and 
34; aoe Pr, and Sk. Insers., pp. 85 ak 89. 
