Somanaiyaprabhu, Somaṇaiyaprabhu, Somanaiya-prabhu: 1 definition

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Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Somaṇaiyaprabhu (fl. 1095 A.D.), bearing the official title pradhāna (senior treasury officer), is mentioned as a minister of king Ananatapāla (Anantadeva), according to the “Kharepāṭaṇ plates of Anantadeva I”.

These copper plates (mentioning Somaṇaiyaprabhu) were in the possession of Mr. Ramachandra Sivram Desai of Khārepāṭaṇ in Ratnāgiri District, Mahārāṣṭra. It is dated on the first tithi of the bright fortnight of Māgha in the Śaka year 1016, the cyclic year being Bhāva.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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