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The origin of the Rajputs has been one of the most speculated topic in Indian history. The Harsola copperplate grants of 949 CE are one of the most important documents that shed light on origin of the Paramara dynasty,〔The Paramāras, c. 800-1305 A.D., Pratipal Bhatia, 1970, p. 15〕 and hence on the origin of Rajputs.〔H.V. Trivedi, Editor, Inscriptions of the Paramaras, Chandellas, Kachchhapaghatas and two minor Dynasties", part 2 of the 3-part Vol III of Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, edited in 1974 by (published in 1991).〕 They establish that * The Paramaras started out as feudatory of the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta.〔Rāshṭrakūṭas and their times, p. 120, Anant Sadashiv Altekar, 1967〕 * They belonged to the same "kula" (family) as the Rashtrakutas. This establishes that the legend of the agni-kunda origin 〔Dhanapāla and His Times: A Socio-cultural Study Based Upon His Works,p 267, Ganga Prasad Yadava,1982〕 came much later. The beautifully incised Garuda image in human form with wings on the grants, is considered to be the earlier form of drawing which came to be known as the Jain style as used in Jain manuscripts.〔More Documents of Jaina Paintings and Gujarati Paintings of Sixteenth and Later Centuries, Umakant Premanand Shah, L. D. Institute of Indology, 1976, p.〕〔Early Indian miniature paintings (c. 1000-1550 AD), p. 22, Rashmi Kala Agrawal, 2006〕 ==The Grants== The Harsola copperplate grants were found at Harsola in district Ahmedabad in Gujarat.〔The dynastic history of northern India (early mediaeval period), Hem Chandra Ray, 1973p. 848〕 This is a pair of grants, each engraved on two plates. * Grant A: grant to father * Grant B: grant to son The early parts of the text in the two grants is identical, although the two grants were obviously engraved in different hands. Apparently the grants were linked by a ring, with the royal seal (garuda) at the end of Grant A, which was placed after B. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harsola copperplate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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