Vol. V, No. 6.] Guhilots. 173 
[N.S.] 
As said by the ancient poets!: 
v. 8) Triumphant is the Brahmana Sti-Guhadatta, who 
was (the cause of) delight to the Brahmana family come from 
Anandapura, and who was the founder of the illustrious Guhila 
race. 
- Now, what do we gather from this passage ? In the first 
place, verse 8, which is very important, tells us that the founder 
of the Guhila race, 7.e., the Guhilots, was Guhadatta, that he 
with Vadnagar and thereby as to the exact caste name of his 
family, we are distinctly told in verse 2 that Vijayaditya, the 
ancestor of Guhadatta, was the ornament of the Nagara race. 
No doubt can, therefore, be possibly entertained as to Guhadatta, 
the originator of the Guhilots, having pertained to a Nagara 
Brahmana family. Verses 3—6 set forth his pedigree from 
ning of the Rasika-priyd, a commentary by Rana Kumbha on 
Jayadeva’s Gita-Govinda-kavyam. It runs thus :— 
Saaatta wataaa: Wlawatat fesa_atsaa | 
7 autsuad: | wh 
Beg CON UN MONT CUS Sat 
This verse also speaks of Bappa as a Bréhmana and as 
belonging to the Baijavapa gotra. But further details regard-, 
is poi i i stanza, which is often 
aa sivafagy = fcafaqeatwarat Farat 
uatfa dfs aa aafefa faaat araratsatay | 
wot qa att fesqefyzat Acasa 
faatfea mata airfefa qaatfa wimteds: | 
some ear‘ier record. In the present case, v. 8 co mb 2 
from the Atpur inscription of Saktikumara, as will be seen further 
sequel. 
in the 
