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Introduction
CXI
(The D. K. canto 1, V. 4). The same story is repeated by the the P. C. and other works substituting a hare for the fox. *
The resources for establishing a kingdom Vanaraja obtained according to the P. C., by becoming nominally a spear-man of the Kānyakubja-power (according to our supposition of the Pratihāras of Bhinnamāla ), and then waylaying and killing in a mountain - pass called Surashtra the tax-collector as he was returning to the capital with six months' revenue from Gujarāta which amounted to twentyfour lacs of Paruthakadrammas (probably Parthian gold coins ) and four thousand horses of the Tejas breed.
The city was founded by building a dhavalagịha (literally White house, i.e. a Royal Court or palace ) under a Jāli tree. He was crowned king on Monday the second of the bright half of the month of Vaisakha in the year 802 after Şrī Vikramārka. The Tilaka ceremony ( making an auspicious red - mark on the fore - head) was performed by his adopted sister Sridevī, the sister of a merchant of Kākara village. When Vanarâja was an outlaw, he went to the house of this merchant on a thieving expedition, but turned back from the place as his hand accidentally got wet in a pot of curds. This was equal to dining at the place and according to the ethics of the outlaws, he could not rob a house where he had dined. On the next day, he was called secretly at night by Sridevi who treated him with sisterly affection. He was treated to a dinner and given a dress. Vanaraja promised ... * Similar stories are told about the founding of Ahmedabad and other cities.
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