Vol. X, No. 5.] The Belabo Grant of Bhojavarman. 123 



[N.S.] 



Adhahpattana of the Paundrabkukti to a Brahmana named 

 RamadevaSarmman, tfantyagaradhihrta, of the Savarnna gottra, 

 a student of Kanva idkha of the white Yajurvveda, whost 

 pravaras were Bhrgu, Cyavana, Apnavan, Aurvva and Jama- 

 dagni\ and who was a great-grandson of PitamvaradevaSarm- 

 man, an inhabitant of the village of Siddhalain Northern Radha 

 (Uttara-Radha) who had emigrated from the middle country 

 (Madhya-De6a), grandson of Jagannathadeva&arinman and son 

 of Visvarupadevasarmman. The grant was issued on the 

 14th ] day of the month of Sravana in the fifth year of 

 the King's reign. 



The principal importance of the grant lies in the bringing 

 to light of a new dynasty of Kings, and in exposing their 

 relations to the already known ones. Previous to the discovery 

 of this record it was not known that the Yadavas in their 

 migrations had succeeded in crossing the dominions of the 

 Palas and in carving out an independent principality for 

 themselves in the extreme East. They succeeded in maintain- 

 ing themselves for three generations at least. The following 

 ^enealogical table shows the relations of the new dynasty with 

 the Palas of Bengal and the Kalachuri-Haihayas of Tripuri : 



Palas. Kalacuris. Yadavas. 



Mahipala I, Gangeyadeva, : 



Nayapala, Karnnadeva, Vajravarmman, 



^ igrahapala III — m. Yauvanagfl, Yasahkarnna, Vlra^rl m. — Jatavarmman, 



Mahipala II, Siirapala II, Ramapala. i layakarnna, Saraalavarmman 



Besides this, the inscription proves that for three genera- 

 tions at least in the I lth or 12th centuries a.d., Eastern Ben- 

 gal was independent. It is also an important one for the 

 history of the Yadava tribe. The record mentions that the 

 Yadavas got hold of a strong place named Simhapura. This 

 place appears to have remained a Yadava stronghold for a 

 long time. It is mentioned in another record incised at the 

 instance of a Yadava princess; the Lakkhamandal prasasti.' 2 

 This inscription records the dedication of a temple of Siva by 

 a princess named Isvara, who belonged to the royal race of 

 Simhapura. It gives in detail a description of a dynasty of 

 Yadava king of Simhapura consisting of twelve princes in 

 eleven generations. 



1 It should be noted that Prof. Radhagovinda Basak reads the date 

 as 19th Sravana. 



* Ep. Ind., Vol. I, p. 10. 



