Talk:Shiladitya

Shiladitya was a Virk Jat
Following text imported from article on Yasodharman proves the clan of Yasodharman and so that of Shiladitya:

Twin monolithic pillars at Sondani in Mandsaur District were erected by Yasodharman as a record of his victory.

Three inscriptions of Yasodharman have been found in Mandsaur. One of these is of samvat 589 (532 AD). His rule extended from Himalayas in the north to Travancore in south. The ruler of Magadha had become his friend. The victory of Yasodharman is mentioned in the sentence “Ajay Jarto Hunan” in the grammar of Chandra of the fifth century. This mention in the phrase sentence  अजय जर्टो हुणान or “Ajay Jarto Huṇān”,  refers to the defeat of Huns by the Jats under the leadership of Yasodharman.

The Bijayagadh Stone Pillar Inscription of Vishnuvardhana, locally known as Bhīm kī Lāţ, was erected at Bayana in Bharatpur district for having perfection been attained in samvat 428 on the fifteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight of (the month) Phâlguna. The line 3 of Bijayagadh Stone Pillar Inscription of Vishnuvardhana reads as :


 * "(Line 3.)-On the ceremony of the pundarîka-sacrifice (having been performed), this sacrificial post has been caused to be set up by the Varika, the illustrious Vishnuvarhana whose royalty and name are well established,-who is the excellent son of Yashôvardhana; (and) the excellent son’s son of Yashôrâta; (and) the excellent son of the son’s son of Vyâghrarâta, - for the purpose of increasing (his) splendour, sacrifices, religion, welfare (in the other world), prosperity, fame, family, lineage, good fortune, and enjoyment".

The Bijayagadh Stone Pillar Inscription of Vishnuvardhana shows that Yasodharman, the father of Vishnuvardhana, was a king of Virk gotra. Thakur Deshraj and CV Vaidya apparently believe that the inscription of Bijaygarh and Mandsaur "prove" that Yasodharman, the ruler of Malwa, was a Jat king of the Virk gotra clan).

--burdak 06:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)