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This might be interpreted to mean that the glory of the Gurjaras reached its Zenith in Aşahillapura in the : reign of Kumārapāla and that many influencial and rich families must have finally left Bhinnamāla for Patan. (Adhyaya 75.)
We have some reliable information about the principal political personages of Kumāra pala's reign. The P.C. tells us that after Kumārapala occupied the throne, he made Aliga and Udayana, the elder statesmen of Jayasimha's reign - who must have become very old by this time, his principal advisors (Jyāyān Pradhana ), and that Șrī Vágbhața popularly known as Bāhada, a son of Udayana, his great minister ( Mahāmātya ). The D. K. also, as we saw, mentions Vägbhata as Kumārapāla's minister who was entrusted with the work of building temples of Kedāresvara and Someșvara. From the accounts of the Prabandhas also, it appears that this Vāgbhata was a person of great influence and power in the reign of Kumărapăla.
Udayaņā who was popularly known as Minister Udā was one of the remarkable men of the age. He was intimately connected with the life of Hemachandra. Short accounts of his life are given in the P. P. S. and the P. C. He is also mentioned in the Pra. Cha. as well as in the Prabandhakosa and the V. T. K. The account in the P-ms of the P. P.S. is more complete than those of others.
According to it Udayaņa belonged to the Srīmāla community and was originally an inhabitant of a village named Vāghara near Jāvālipura (or Jalore) in Māravada. His geneology is as follows : Sreshthi Bohittha - Aşve$vara - Yakshanāga - Viradeva - Udayana. His wife's
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