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the Rattas, who seem not to have been entirely extirpated by Jaya 

 Sinha, but to have grown again into power, or to have obtained a tem- 

 porary advantage over their conquerors. 



A fact mentioned by Colonel Tod, affords some confirmation of this 

 supposition, " It was," he says, " in Samwat 987 (corresponding with 

 A. D. 931, and with the Salu Saka 853), that Bhoj Raja, the last of the 

 Chawaras, and the Salic law of India,were both set aside to make way 

 for the young Moolraj, who ruled Anhalwara for the space of fifty- 

 eight years. He was son of Jeysing Solanki, the emigrant prince of 

 Galian, who married the daughter of Bhoj Raj.*" 



Allowing a period of twenty or thirty years to have elapsed previous 

 to the accession of Moolraj, the revolution which drove the Chalukyas 

 from the throne may be placed in the third or fourth generation pre- 

 vious to Teila, or about Saka 820. Though the name Jaya Sinha does 

 not occur in the genealogical catalogue, he may have been one of the 

 royal family, who sought the then famous court of Anhalwara, to re- 

 pair his fortunes ; or, as many of those in the list have two or more 

 names, and titles besides, he may have likewise been known by some 

 other appellation. 



The fact, however, seems indubitable, that the Rattas gained the 

 ascendancy for a time, till they were again finally reduced to subjec- 

 tion by Teilapa. 



On a review of the preceding statement, though the different data 

 appear to confirm each other in so many instances, we cannot but re- 

 mark that the period of time supposed to be occupied by the descend- 

 ants of Jaya Sinha much exceeds that which probability warrants^ 

 The first date that has been obtained, is that of Pulakesi, which appears 

 to be Saka 411. From that year to the accession of Teila, in 895,. a period, 

 of 484 years is embraced, in which are found fifteen names ; thus giving 

 an average of thirty-two and a half years to each reign, — a duration 

 evidently greatly beyond probability. From Pulakesi to Vikramaditya, 

 in Saka 655, are nine names, and 244 years, affording an average of 

 twenty-seven years to a reign ; and the same result, nearly, is obtained 

 by extending the calculation to the final extinction of the family, in 

 1 111, a period of 700 years, containing twenty-seven names, with an 

 average of twenty-six years and a third to each reign; none of which 

 are warranted by analogy. A reference to the Table of Dynasties at 

 p. 4, shows that the later Chalukyas, including one reign of fifty-one 



Ama. of Rajasthan, i. 97, 8, 



