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of Arya (Ambika) as well as by the assembling of Arya’s (worthy 
people},—by the love for Vrisha (the bull Nandi), as well as by 
the love for Vrisha (Dharma), (and) by the beauty of Dvijéndra, 
{t.e., the moon that Siva bears on his forehead}, as well as by the 
prosperity of the best of Dvijas, (7.e., the Ndgara Braéhmanas, its 
tnhabitants).’” 
v. 8) “‘ Near it is a village by name Guija, belonging to 
men of the Vaijavapa family, given (to them) by the Chaulukya 
king, pleased with their work as Prime Ministers.’’ 
ere then we have a distinct mention of Vaijavapa, the 
Brhamanas belonging to which gétra, we are told, resided in 
will convince us. What is important is that the gétra Vaijavapa 
on is not unknown amongst Brahmanas of the Nagar 
caste. 
Let us now see how early and how late the tradition about 
the Brahmana origin of the Rana’s family can be traced. At 
the outset of the discussion of this question, I have quoted two 
stanzas from two different inscriptions. The first is from @ 
matha near the temple of Achaleévara near Mount Aba, and is 
dated V.E. 1342, (A.D. 1285), and the second is from Chitorgadh 
dated V.K. 1331 (A.D. 1274). A much earlier record than either 
of these is also forthcoming. If we look over the last verse in 
the extract from the Ekalinga-mahdtmya cited above, it will be 
observed that it is preceded by the words yad-uktamn purdtanaih 
kavibhith, t.e., “* as said by the ancient poets.’ This means that 
it is quoted from some early record. Now, if we turn to 
