78. BHATTIKAVYA 75

BHATTIKAVYA 75

सेनापतिभटार्क (founder)

धरसेन I द्रोपसिह ध्रवसेन I धरपट्ट

गुहसेन

धरसेन II.

शीलादित्य I alias धर्मादित्य. खरग्रह I.

• . डेरभट धरसेन III. ध्रुवसेन II alias बालादित्य

शीलादित्य खरग्रह II. ध्रवसेन III. धरसेन IV.

In the Palitana plates of Dharasena II dated Gupta- Valabhi-samvat 252 (i.e. 571 A.D.) both भटार्क and धरसेन I are styled सेनापति, while धरसेन II is styled महाराज. Vide I. A. vol. 15 pp. 335 ff. where a grant of धरसेन IV. dated in Valabhi samvat 330 (648 A.D.) is set out, in which धरसेन IV. is called चक्रवर्तिन्. A ms. of विशेषावश्यकभाष्य of जिनभद्र states that the work was finished at Valabhi in saka 531 (608-9 A.D.) during शीलादित्य's reign. Vide P. O. vol. XI. parts 3-4 p. 29. धरसेन II. styles himself महाधिराजाधिराज on his seal; vide Mr. A. S. Gadre's paper on five Valabhi grants in Journal of the Bom. University, vol. III. part. I. pp. 74 ff. The 5th plate was written by स्कन्धभट्ट son of दिविरपति (the Head of scribes) भटूटि. धरसेन IV describes himself as महाराजाधिराजपरमेश्वरचक्रवति न् (vide I.A. vol. 15, p. 335 dated वलभीसंवत् 330 i.e. 649 A. D.). From the modest and colourless manner in which Bhatti speaks of his patron as Narendra (a king) it appears to me probable that Bhatti does not refer to घरसेन I, who is described in some of the Valabhi grants as सेनापति only (vide I.A. vol. VI. p. 9, a grant of धरसेन II dated वलभीसंवन् 269 i.e. 588A.D.) while his younger brothers द्रोखसिंह and धरपटटare spoken of as महाराजand धरसेन II. is styled महासामन्तमहाराज. The Palitana plate of ध्रुवसेन, younger brother of धरसेन I (E.I.vol. XI. p. 109) and the Bhävanagar plate of the same king (E. I. vol. XV. p. 255) describe him as महासामन्त-महाराज-ध्रुवसेन and both are issued in वलभीसंवत् 210 (i.e. 529A.D.); while another grant of his dated वलभीसंवत् 217 (536 A.D.) styles him महाप्रतीहारमहादएडनायक