A COPPERPLATE LAND GRANT BY RAṆASIṂHADEVA OF THE CANDRĀVATĪ PARAMĀRAS

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" A COPPERPLATE LAND GRANT BY RAṆASIṂHADEVA OF THE CANDRĀVATĪ PARAMĀRAS "
Dániel Balogh

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	811671
Doc. No	:	LA99345
Main Entry	:	Dániel Balogh
Title & Author	:	A COPPERPLATE LAND GRANT BY RAṆASIṂHADEVA OF THE CANDRĀVATĪ PARAMĀRAS [Article]\ Dániel Balogh
Title of Periodical	:	Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Date	:	2010
Volume/ Issue Number	:	63-3
Page No	:	259--273
Abstract	:	A land grant issued by Raṇasiṃhadeva of the Candrāvatī branch of the Paramāra dynasty in North-West India has recently come to my attention. It contains a genealogy of the Candrāvatī line from Utpalarāja to Raṇasiṃha. This ruler was hitherto known only from one published inscription (the Roheḍā plates), and has been thought to be a usurper who briefly snatched the throne from the legitimate ruler Dhārāvarṣa. The grant, dated 1 November 1161 CE, makes no mention of Dhārāvarṣa, calling for a reinterpretation of some ambiguous lines of the Roheḍā inscription. It is a possibility that Raṇasiṃha was not a usurper, but ruled as a regent during Dhārāvarṣa's minority and then willingly handed the throne over to him.