50 Abode of Gods
Ripughngkala
Kapilvarman
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Chandragupta
Kapilvarman was the prince of Jalandhara who subsequently
married Isvara who caused the inscription under reference to be
inscribed.
The dynasty belonged to the line of Yadu or the Yadavas of
the lunar race who had ruled over the country since the begin-
ning of the Yuga. The history of this dynasty is nowhere available
for a detailed study. It can be an interesting conjecture to attri-
bute the Asvamedha sacrifice at Jagatram (Kalsi). To this dynasty
of Lakhamandal which has been described by some historians as
Yodheyas who could possibly be intercepted as Yadavas or Yadus
of these inscriptions. In fact Silavarman of the Asvamedha Yajna
of Jagatram could be no one else than Singhavarman of this
dynasty.
TJie downfall of Katyuris
I have already dealt about the Katyuris whose empire started
disintegrating after Subhlkshakata Deva. His successor Dhanda-
deva and Biradeva proved incompetent and caused widespread
revolt by their tyranny. Smaller thekedars of Askote, Doti,
Baramandala, Dwarahat and Lakhanpore rose in revolt and
established themselves as independent kingdoms. The main king
of the Katyuris had to satisfy himself with the control of Katyur
valley and Danpur till .Chands of Champawat in Kumaon and
Panwars of Chandpurgarhi in Garhwal rose into prominence and
closed a crowded page in the history of Uttarakhand and opened
a new one, full of historic events.
The kingdom of Garhwal
It has already been explained how Kanakpal established himself
around 753 A.D. and laid the foundation of an independent
Garhwal kingdom at a time when Basantan moved into Katyur
Valley. It is really shocking that from Kanakpal (713 A.D.) to
Ajaipal (1358—1398 A.D.) we have no definite trace of history.
In fact, there is an ample scope to make research into the secrets
of history during this period of history when Garhwal seems to