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yoflra and the Kaulava harana . . . . , the Rathora 

 mahadhiraya Jodho, the son of raya Rinn Mala, caused the 

 %« to be consecrated and the Hrtisiambha to be erected 

 for the sake of his mother Kodama De. The importance of 

 the record is all in the mention of rava Jodho and of Kodama 

 De, who, in contrast with the tradition current in Bikaner, is 

 here clearly aud explicitly described as his mother. It is 

 evidently from this Kodama De— the mother of rava Jodho— 

 that the tank, and hence the village, have derived their name. 

 The information thus supplied by our inscription finds con- 

 firmation in some of the oldest chronicles of Jodhpur. In MS- 

 9 (6) of Descr. Cat., Sect, i, pt. i. at p. 96, it is clearly stated 

 that rava Jodho was born of a BhatiySnl mother, her name 



Kodama De, who was a daughter of "rava 1 manga De of 

 Pugaja. The same information is found in the Jodhpur chro- 

 nicle known as the Mudhiyafa rl A'Jii/ata. Rammga De is a 

 well-known name in the chronicles of* Jesalmer,' Jodhpur, and 

 Bikaner. He was contemporarv with rava Cudo of Nagdra, 

 and died without male issue, his onlv heir Sado" having been 

 killed by Cudo's son Araka Mala. After Rananga Des death, 

 the -.yaflfh of Pugala was usurped bv Kelhana, a son of ravaja 

 Kehara of Jesalmer, and has ever since remained in the hands 

 ot his descendants, known after him as Kelhana Bhatls. 



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