[Guhasena, A.D. 539-569.] Of Guhasena (A.D. 539?-569) three plates and a fragment of an inscription remain. Two of the grants are from Valeh dated A.D. 559 and 565 (G. 240 and 246) [293]: the third is from Bhávnagar dated A.D. 567 (G. 248). [294] The inscription is on an earthen pot found at Valeh and dated A.D. 566 (G. 247). [295] In all the later Valabhi plates the genealogy begins with Guhasena who seems to have been the first great ruler of his dynasty. Guhasena is a Sanskrit name meaning Whose army is like that of Kárttika-svámi: his popular name was probably Guhila. It appears probable that the Gohil and Gehlot Rájput chiefs of Káthiáváda and Rájputána, who are believed to be descendants of the Valabhis, take their name from Guhasena or Guha, the form Gehloti or Gehlot, Guhila-utta, being a corruption of Guhilaputra or descendants of Guhila, a name which occurs in old Rájput records. [296] This lends support to the view that Guhasena was believed to be the first king of the dynasty. Like his predecessors he is called Mahárája or great king. In one grant he is called the great Saiva and in another the great Buddhist devotee (paramopásaka), while he grants villages to the Buddhist monastery of his paternal aunt's daughter Duddá. Though a Saivite Guhasena, like most of his predecessors, tolerated and even encouraged Buddhism. His minister of peace and war is named Skandabhata. The beginning of Guhasena's reign is uncertain. Probably it was not earlier than A.D. 539 (G. 220). His latest known date is A.D. 567 (G. 248) but he may have reigned two years longer. [Dharasena II. A.D. 569-589.] About A.D. 569 (G. 250) Guhasena was succeeded by his son Dharasena II. Five of his grants remain, three dated A.D. 571 (G. 252), [297] the fourth dated A.D. 588 (G. 269), [298] and the fifth dated A.D. 589 (G. 270). [299] In the first three grants Dharasena is called Mahárája or great king; in the two later grants is added the title Mahásámanta Great Feudatory, seeming to show that in the latter part of his reign Dharasena had to acknowledge as overlord some one whose power had greatly increased. [300] All his copperplates style Dharasena II. Parama-máhesvara Great Saiva. A gap of eighteen years occurs between A.D. 589 Dharasena's latest grant and A.D. 607 the earliest grant of his son Síláditya. [Síláditya I. A.D. 594-609.] Dharasena II. was succeeded by his son Síláditya I. who is also called Dharmáditya or the sun of religion.