गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

40 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
general inquiry. And I, therefore, now give, for ready reference, in Table II. on
page 41 below, a complete genealogy of the Valabhî family, with the official titles of the
members of it, and their dates as far as I have been able to verify them. Here, however,
in connection with Hiuen Tsiang's statements, I have to draw attention to one or two points
which still remain to be cleared up. In his general account of the Life and Travels of the
Chinese pilgrim, M. Julien (id. Vol. I. p. 206) represents him as telling us, in respect of
the kingdom of Valabhî, that "the present king is of the race of the Kshatriyas (Tsa-
"ti-li); he is the son-in-law of Śîlâditya (Chi-lo-'o-tie-to), king of Kanyâkubja (Kie-jo-
"kio-che); his name is Dhruvapaṭu (Tou-lou-p'o-po-t'o)." Whereas, in the more detailed
account of the Travels, M. Julien renders the pilgrim as speaking, in the same connection,
of not one king only, but more than one, and as saying (id. Vol. III. p. 163) "the kings of
"the present period are of the race of the Kshatriyas (T'sa-ti-li); they all are nephews of
"king Śîlâditya (Chi-lo-'o-t'ie-to), of the kingdom of Mâlava (Mo-la-p'o). Now the son of
"king Śîlâditya (Chi-lo-'o-t'ie-to), of the kingdom of Kanyâkubja (Kie-jo-ko-che), has
"a son-in-law named Dhruvapaṭu (T'ou-lou-p'o-po-tou)." While, in Mr. Beal's Buddhist
Records of the Western World, published in 1884, Vol. II. p. 267, this latter passage
appears in the singular again,—"the present king is of the Kshatriya caste, as they all
"are. He is the nephew of Śîlâdityarâja of Mâlava, and son-in-law of the son of Śîlâditya,
"the present king of Kanyâkubja. His name is Dhruvapaṭa (T'u-lu-h'o-po-tu),"—without
any comment explaining the important difference between his rendering and that given
by M. Julien. And again, according to M. Julien (id. Vol. I. pp. 254 f., 260), the pil-
grim speaks of a Dhruvapaṭu (Tou-lou-po-pa-tch'a, and also simply Pa-tch'a), king of
Southern India; but the kingdom of Valabhî can hardly be included in, and much less can
it include, Southern India; and the statement is inconsistent with the fact that, at that time,
the king of the greater part, if not of the whole, of Southern India, was Pulikêśin II., of the
Western Chalukya dynasty, for whom we have on record no title that at all resembles the
Chinese transliteration, unless it can be found in the second component of the name of
Satyâśraya-Dhruvarâja-Indravarman, the supreme lord or governor of four vishayas and
maṇḍalas, stationed or resident at Rêvatîdvîpa, who is mentioned in line 4 f. of the Goa
grant of Maṅgalîśa,¹ the uncle of Pulikêśin II., and the wielder of sovereignty during the
minority of the latter. These passages present points which must be carefully consider-
ed, before any final opinion is arrived at in respect of the identity of the person, or persons,
intended by Hiuen Tsiang : the more especially because the dates render it impossible
that he should be Sîlâditya VII. of Valabhî, the only one in the family for whom as yet
we have obtained the second name of Dhruvabhaṭa; and because M. Julien tells us (id.
Vol. III. p. 163, note) that the Chinese translation of the name of Dhruvapaṭu of Valabhî
was Tch'ang-jouï, 'constantly intelligent,' which of course supports the supposition that
¹ Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 365.—This person, however, may be a son of Maṅgalîśa;
see my Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts, p. 22.