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
The colophon gives us the date V.E. 1221, when that work was copied in the reign of the king Dhārāvarsa who enjoyed the pleasure of king Kumārapāla of Anahillapāțaka.'
The two inscriptions are as follows:
I. Jhālodi inscription was found in a Jain temple at Jhālodi in the Sirohi district (Rājasthāna). It opens with the invocation of the lord Vardhamāna (Mahāvīra). It records the erection of a șațka-catuștika in V.E. 1252 when the king Dhārāvarsa was ruling at Candrāvati. The inscription mentions his wife's name as Sțigăradevī, a daughter of Kelhañadeva (Nadol Cāhamāna). It also refers to V.E. 1255 (A.D. 1198) when all the people of Goştha erected a door for their benediction. The inscription was composed by one Tilakaprabhasūri."
II. Ārāsaņā inscription was found in a temple at Ārāsaņā in the Sirohi District of Rājasthān. It records that in V.E. 1276 (A.D. 1219) an image of Sumatinātha was installed in the victorious reign of Sri Dhārāvarşa, Māndalika Surasambhu (Mandaleśvara).
The colophon mentioned above shows that he was a feudatory chief of Kumārapāla. The Ārāsaņā inscription also refers to him as a feudatory chief. The other so many inscriptions indicate that his reign was a long one of fifty-six years (c. 1163-1219 A.D.), and he enjoyed it as a loyal feudatory of no less than four Caulukya kings from Kumārapāla (c. 1144-73 A.D.) to Bhima II (c. 1178-1241 A.D.).
The Prabandha-kośa states:
'One Vastupala, the worthy minister of Vīradhavala, was informed that Suratrāņa Mojadina (Sultāna Sihāb-ud-din) was advancing westward from Delhi. It was felt that they might invade the land of Gujaräta through the pass of Arbuda. Viradhavala feared very much because he knew that all the powerful kings like Jayacandra and Psthvirāja were killed by these Muslim invaders. Vastupāla, on the other hand, quickly made ready to check them and ordered Dhārāvarsa,
... PIATTOTUOTAT
1 SJGM., XVIII, p. 109: a 3383 FACUTEZITE CTETESTETTANEET .... Pergi
2 Arbuda-Lekha-sandoha, IV, No. 311, p. 108. 3 Ibid., No. 21, p. 6.