Political History of Northern India

SR No.: 001744
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gulabchandra Chaudhary
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 482
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, & Culture
File Size: 10 MB

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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
Yaśodhavala of Candrāvati quickly killed Ballāla, the lord of Mālava, when he had learnt that he had become hostile to the Caulukya king Kumārapāla." The identification of this lord of Mālava has been made with Ballāla mentioned in the Vadnagar praśasti (V.E. 1208). From this it appears that Ballāla must have lost his life between c. 1144 and 1151 A.D. The identification of this Ballāla is a matter of great controversy. Keilhorn assumes that after the crushing defeat of Yaśovarma, a brave and diligent man by name Ballāla of unknown lineage might have usurped some parts of Mālava. Mr. C...V: Vaidya.conjectures that it is a viruda (second name) of Jayavarman, the first son of Yasovarman. There are, however, hypotheses. Strangely enough, we do not find his name among the epigraphs of Mālava. ..
But it is quite certain that Jayavarman was overpowered by more than one king. The Candella Madanavarman (1128-1193 A.D.) is mentioned in his records that 'he defeated the Mālava king'. * Jagadekamalla (1139-1150 A.D.), the Cālukya of Kalyāņi assisted by the Hoysala Narasimha I also claims that 'he subdued Mālava monarch?.5 Between 1143 and 1144 A.D. Jayavarman, however, was on the throne of Mālava.
There are certain kings named as Ballāla among the Hoysalas of Mysore and it is likely that he may have been one of them, as viceroy or feudatory of Jagadekamalla II.
After Jayavarman his succession was divided in his younger brothers Ajayavarman and Lakşmīvarman. Ajayavarman carved out a principality of his own by capturing some portion of the territory. We, however, do not know of them from the Jain sources.
Vindhyavarman (1192 A.D.): Ajayavarman's son and successor Vindhyavarman appears to have recovered Dhārā which had been lost to his family since the day of Yašovarman. The copper plate grant of his grandson Arjunavarman inforins us that his long arm was eager to extirpate the Gurjaras. The recovery of Dhārā must have been made about V.E. 1249. (A.D. 1192) because we are informed from the colophon of a Jain work Sagara
1 EI., VIII, pp. 211-215, V. 35: 4149 Cetatea: ....
यश्चौलुक्यकुमारपालनृपतिप्रत्यर्थितामागतम् ।
मत्त्वा सत्त्वरमेव मालवपतिं बल्लालमालब्धवान् ॥ 2 EI, I, p. 293. 3 V.N. Reu, Rājā-Bhoja, p. 321. 4 EI.; I, p. 198, V. 15. 5 Mysore Inscriptions, pp. 58, 153. & D. C. Ganguly, History of Paramāras, p. 132.