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Kavyanusasana author of the Nuzhat - ui - Mushtak who visited the court of Jayasimha (C. H. I, Vol. III, p. 517 and the B. G. Vol. I p. 508 ). The other is Muhammad Ufi the author of Jame - ul – Hikayata (N. P. P. Vol. II, pp. 163 - 64).
The Prabandhachintāmaņi gives forty-nine years' reign to Jayasimha, from V. S. 1150 to V. S. 1199 A. D. 1094 - 1143. In the unpublished collection of Gujarata Inscriptions of Muni Șri Jinavijayaji, nine inscriptions of Jayasimha's reign are noted; so also, in his address referred to, he has noted nine dated references to Jayasimha in the colophons of various manuscripts. A fragment of the praşasti of the Lake Sahasralinga was deciphered by Jinavijaya on a slab of stone set in the wall of a small Saiva temple in Vijaliamoholla (Patana), which was first noticed by Mr. Ramlal Modi (see Prasthāna, Vol. 12, pp. 213-298).
Now the first question that faces us is the age at which Jayasimha was consecrated king. From the D. K. as we have already noted, we gather that he was just reaching youth when he was asked by his father to assume kingly position. He is compared to a plant of Vrīhi corn which is forming sheaves or clusters in Sarad - months of September - October. ( Yatha stambakarer Vrīhih sa tadāsīt tathodayi ( v. 57). ) The verses that follow show him to be a brave and obedient lad.
From the P. P. S., we learn that he was eight years old whe Karna died and from the P. C., we learn that he was formally crowned king when three years of age. The P. P. S. tells us that he was being trained for kingly duties by his minister Sampatkara.
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