88 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (March, 1912. 
The date of Guhadatta or Guhila of this transcript of the 
Atapura epigraph has conjecturally been fixed to be a.D. 
546 by Mr. Bhandarkar in his paper on Guhilots thus :— 
‘*On the other hand the earliest prince of the Guhilot 
dynasty, for whom a date has been obtained, is Sila, and his 
date is v.z. 703=a pd. 646, nearly one-hundred and twenty 
founder. This takes Guhadatta to circa 546 a.p.”’ (J. and P. 
of the A.S.B., vol. V., No. 6, p. 181.) Further he has said in 
his same paper that Guhadatta came from Anandapura or 
Vadanagar, of Gujarat in Mewar, and he was really a Nagar- 
Brahmana. 
But the author of the new Rajputana Gazetteer has as- 
serted the contrary in his two following statements :— 
I. ‘‘ About the middle of the sixth century a member of 
the family then ruling at Vallabhi appears to have established 
himself in Idar and the hilly tract in the south-west of Mewar. 
is name was Gohaditya or Gohil and his descendants were 
called after him Gohelots or Gahlots.’’ 
+ VOL. UT. As 0. 43, 
- ‘*He is said to have come from Kathiawar in the 
sixth century and settled in Idar and south-western Mewar, 
the Gahalot clan is named after him.’’ 
(R.G., vol. II. B, p. 8, . 
From the above, it is quite evident that the dates shown 
or fixed for Guhadatta by the both scholars are absolutely 
Samoli, in the Bhumat district, Mewar. How he has attribu- 
ted this inscription to Sila of this transcript, he himself has 
said only this :— 
‘ It was originally found at Samoli in the Bhumat district, 
Mewar. The inscription is dated (v.s.) 70: 46, and 
refers itself to the reign of Siladitya. It then informs us that 
