| When
the Sultans at Delhi were devastating the country ruthlessly, destroying the holy shrines
of the Hindus, the Hindu kings of Gujarat were maintaining the highest tradition of their
culture.6 In the year 1271 are recorded the Nanaka
Prashastis of Vishaladeva of Gujarat (written some time after the death of the king-one in
1218 V. S. and the other in 1328 V. S.). Poet Nanaka is said to have inaugurated a college
for men of learning called 'Sarasvata-Sadas' and a play-ground for the students called
'Sarasvata-Krida-ketana' at Prabhasa, where the Sarasvati falls into the sea. King
Vishaladeva stationed him at Somanatha Patan with a grant commissioning him to
perform shraddha for him.7
6 The Glory that was Gurjaradesha, Pt. III, p. 221
7 Important Inscriptions from the Baroda State, ed. By Gadre, PP. 74-75. |
