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CH. XXIX. THE MOSLEMS (EMMAD) 189
come.' And Ra,mS,nuja assured all who made Yadavagiri their
holy residence, that they would be entitled to attain to the
same spiritual state as himself. By the name Narayan&dri in
Our readers, we are sure, would succeeded him, and then came
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like to have some historical light Masud the Second (Emviddu?) in
thrown on this most curious incident
in the life of Kflmauuja. We Lahore, and whose generals carried
A.O. 1098 who resided chieflj' at
shall try how far it can be thrown. his arms beyond the Ganges [vide
The word Emmadu is n, clue,— p 305, Elphinstoue's History of
philological clue which comes to India]. Then comes Modud (Emmad
?), and lastly Mahmud (Em-
our help. EmmS4u is a most probable
corruption of the word Mahommed,
mild) of Ghor. The latter establish-
Mahmud, Ahmed, Masiid ed the Delhi empire no doubt in
or Modild. These are the names 1131, but he had exploited often in
of the Turk Kings of Ghazni and India. But he might be left out
Malimiid of Ghor, at the period of account for our purpose;
between about 1090 and 1102, A 0. Eamapriya's image seems tohav&
1090 A.C., is the probable year of been carried hither and thither iu
KS.in^nuja'B entry into Yadavagiri these days of turmoil, and thrown
or Melukote ; and the probable j'ear into lumber in Delhi or perhaps
in which or before which the Jain Lahore gaurded by some king, a
King of the Hoysalas, Vittala-dera, general or viceroy of any of the
was converted to Vaishnavism, receiving
Emmddus, at the time BS,mannja
the name of Vishnu-var-
visited the place.
dhana. The death of this king was It is probable that by the chief
about 1133 A.C., as we learn from name Mahmfid (or Emm&du), any
Rice's Srslvana Belagola Inscriptions.
'[Introd : p. 23].
who stationed himself at the time
king, or his general or viceroy
Pur&nas (read Y&iavagiri-M&h&tmya)
tell us that BUmapriya, the south. And even a Hindu sove-
at Delhi, was known in the far
image descended as a holy heritage reign at Delhi might have been
from B4ma of the Solar Eace to called by that name, if there wsts
Kusa his son and came to Krishna one at the time, inasmuch as he
of the Lunar Kace, as dowry, who was subjected to the onslaughts of
worshipped Him as his tutelary Musalmans of the period. But an
God.
account given by Buchanan [p. 351,
Mahmud (^Emmddu ?) or Mahommed
of Ghazin's various expedi-
would be a mere conjecture. He
Vol. I], confirms what otherwise!
tions into India are known, and His says " Near the place (Tandaniir),
there is a monument dedi-
foundation of the Musulman Empire
at Lahore in A.O. 1022 [See cated to one of the fanatical followers
of Mahmud Qhazni, who had
p. 6, Oh. II, Lethbridge's History
of India], the sack of the SomnS,th penetrated this length, and had
Temple in A.C. 1026-27, when Rajput
princes from all parts flocked to this it is clear that Mahmud
here suffered martyrdom." By
defend their holiest shrine assembled
Ghazni's depredations had extend-
In the sacking and booty ed as far as Melukote, the temple of
obtained thus from various parts, which he would surely have desecrated
and despoiled of its riches.
Ramapriya appears to have been
carried away. How He was carried
away from Melnk&te is buried torily tenable, we must speculate
If all this is not quite satisfac-
in the obscure tradition of prehistoric
days. MahmM died in Ghazni itself ; but then we have no
upon Ramanuja'a visiting Lahore or
A.C. 103a Ahmed {Emmdda?) tradition to that e&eet unless by