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CXXVII
Kavyanusasana
refers to Lākha or Laksha whose mother cursed Mūlarāja with a skin - disease called luti, because he touched the moustache of the dead hero lying on the battlefield with his foot.
From his copper-plate of V. S. 1051, and the information from literary sources discussed just now, we can form the following idea of Mūlarāja's dominions at the end of his reign. In the north, his sway extended as far as Satyapura or Sáchora in the Jodhapura state; in the west, it extended to Saurāshtra and Kachcha and in the south up to the river Narmada, and in the east probably as far as Godhard.
From his copper-plate of this V. S. 1043, we learn that Rūdramahālaya was already built at Srīsthala on the river Sarasvatī, so also a temple of Şiva known as Şrī Mūlanāthadeva was built in Mandali (Mándala) for whose benefit the grant is given. The P. C. informs us that Mūlarāja first built two temples of Siva in Srīpattana, that is Anahilla pura - one known as Sri Mularājavasahikā and the other in honour of Sri Munjaladeva - on the authority of the P. C.- his grand father - known as Srī Munjaladeva prāsāda. Mūlarāja, being a great devotee of Somanātha, the P. C. tells us, used to go every Monday to Someşvara - pattana. The god being greatly pleased with his devotion came to Mandalī, so Mularāja built there a temple known as Muleşvara - prasāda to which, as we saw, the grant of V. S. 1043 (987 A. D.) is given. Being further pleased with his devotion, the god came to Aṇahillapura; and so Mūlarāja built another temple known as Tripurushaprāsāda – probably to commemorate the three brothers Rāji, Dağhakka and Bīja who are known to the
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