Note 36 — Chapter III · THE VÁGHELÁS (a.d. 1219–1304).

Sáraṅgadeva, a.d. 1275–1296.Arjuṇadeva was succeeded by his son Sáraṅgadeva. According to the Vicháraśreṇi Sáraṅgadeva ruled for twenty-two years from a.d. 1274 to 1296 (Saṃvat 1331–1353). Inscriptions of the reign of Sáraṅgadeva have been found in Kacch and at Ábu. The Kacch inscription is on a pália or memorial slab now at the village of Khokhar near Kanthkot which was brought there from the holy village of Bhadresar about thirty-five miles north-east of Mándvi. It bears date a.d. 1275 (Saṃvat 1332) and describes Sáraṅgadeva as the great king of kings, the supreme ruler, the supreme lord ruling at Aṇahillapáṭaka with the illustrious Máladeva as his chief minister.36 The Ábu inscription dated a.d. 1294 (Saṃvat 1350) in the temple of Vastupála regulates certain dues payable to the Jain temple and mentions Sáraṅgadeva as sovereign of Aṇahillapáṭaka and as having for vassal Vísaladeva ruler of the old capital of Chandrávati about twelve miles south of Mount Ábu.37 A third inscription dated a.d. Chapter III. The Vághelás, a.d. 1219–1304 Sáraṅgadeva, a.d. 1275–1296. 1287 (Saṃvat 1343), originally from Somanátha, is now at Cintra in Portugal. It records the pilgrimages and religious benefactions of one Tripurántaka, a follower of the Nakulíśá Páśupata sect, in the reign of Sáraṅgadeva, whose genealogy is given. A manuscript found in Ahmadábád is described as having been finished on Sunday the 3rd of the dark fortnight of Jyeshṭha in the Saṃvat year 1350, in the triumphant reign of Sáraṅgadeva the great king of kings, while his victorious army was encamped near Áśápalli (Ahmadábád).38