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ссіх in Avanti (that is Málava ). His co-conspirators are mentioned in the twentysecond verse.
We have an inscription of this Mahāmandalesvara Yaşodhavala dated 1207 at Abu.
Of the year V. S. 1208-A. D. 1152 we have the famous prasasti - inscription of Vadanagara which we have been utilizing as an important source of Gujarata history. This prasasti consists of thirty verses and a line in prose giving the date and the name of the engraver. The prașasti begins with Om Namah Şivāya. The first verse praises the 'Ichchhāşakti' or 'Will of God'. Verses 2–3 describe the mythical origin of Chālukya dynasty. From 4 to 14, the kings of this dynasty from Mülarāja to Jayasimha are described. Verses 15 to 19 are devoted to Kumārapāla. The wounding of Arnorāja is described in terms similar to those of the D. K.
In verse 15, Kumārapāla is described as making the goddess Chandi intoxicated with the blood of the king Arņorāja who was wounded in chest by his arrows, reside in his arm, and, as satisfying the greed of the goddess for lotuses by hanging a lotus in the form of the head of the lord of Mālava. The same thing is repeated in verse 17.
Verses 20 – 24 describe the Nagara or Vadanagara and verses 25 - 30 describe the building of a fortifying wall round the city. The building-operations of the wall must have begun earlier as it was complete in V. S. 1208.
In verse 30, we learn that the author of this prasasti was the king of poets-Srīpāla who could compose a great work in a day and who was accepted as a brother by Şrī Siddharāja.' This is the same
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