Mingling of Cultures (S): The Cāhamānas

Hansot plates (c. 973 CE)^[1] issued by the King Vigraharāja II of Cāhamāna dynasty records that the four-part of the Arjunadevi village situated within Akruresvara district has been granted to two brāhmaṇas. The resident of Saujñapadra, the Adhvaryu of the Mādhyandina branch, a student of the Vājasaneya saṃhitā, Brāhmaṇa Bhaṭṭa Bhūṭa, and Brāhmana Jaba, belonging to the community of tri-vedins (well versed in three Vedas), of the Māṭhara-go tra and a student of Mādhyandina branch, were the two donees. Likewise of this village, Arjunadevi had been granted to the member of the community of tri-vedins residing in Saujñapadra to the Adhvaryu of the Mādhyandina branch of Āsurāyaṇa go tra, a student of the Vājasaneya (saṃhitā) Brāhmaṇa Bhāṭalla.

The Cāhamānas ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan and its neighboring environs between the seventh and twelfth centuries. The Hansot inscription describes that the family was devoted to Maheśvara. His father, Simharāja (c. 944-971 CE), was a devout Śaivite and commissioned a large temple dedicated to Śiva at Puśkara. Camundarāja (c. 1040-1065 CE) commissioned a Viṣṇu temple at Narapura.^[2] And later times, they patronized Jainism. Pṛthvirāja I (c. 1090-1110 CE) donated golden kalasas for the Jain temples at Ranthambore. However, if we study their inscriptions like the above one, we may observe that vedic culture was there, and Vedas were considered with attention at that time.