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 Prabandha-cintamani relates that when Karna had gone to heaven, Madanapala, the brother of the queen Udayamatī, behaved in an unbecoming way. Once he imprisoned the royal physician named Līlā and extorted thirty-two thousand from him. Then Jayasimha by a device of the minister Säntu killed the tyrannical Madanapāla.1
We have no Jain inscriptions for his reign but the other nine published inscriptions give us dates ranging from c. 1127 to 1143 A.D. Fortunately we have several colophons of Jain MSS, which may be regarded as valuable contemporary records and throw welcome light on his reign. The colophon of the Nisithi-cūrni dated V.E. 1157 (c. 1100 A.D.),2 that is, seven years after the accession of Jayasimha to the throne, refers to the king simply as
Sri Jayasimhadevarajye' i.e. in the reign of Sri Jayasimha. The name of the king without title shows his less influential stage. It seems that at that time Jayasimha was simply an occupant of the throne. After three years we have another colophon of Jain MS. by name Adinātha-carita dated V.E. 1160 (A.D. 1104 ),3 which shows that Jayasimha's sway extended upto Cambay. Again after four years we find another colophon of the Jiva Samāsa-vrtti dated V.E. 1164 (c. 1108 A.D.)* Jayasimha is described there as 'Samastarājavali-virajita-mahārājādhiraja-parameśvara Sri Jayasimhadeva-kalyanavijayarajye' i.e., in the prosperous reign of the emperor Jayasimha surrounded by several kings. At that time king Jayasimha might have wielded the sceptre with full powers. The next colophon of the A vaśyaka-sutra dated V.E. 1166 (c. 1110 A.D.)5 gives Jayasimha the significant title 'Tribhuvana Ganda,' which would mean the Guardian of the Three Worlds. We may assume from this that Jayasimha's military activities might have begun by this time and that he was exercising full sovereign powers.
The colophon of the Panca-vāstuka dated in the month of Phalguna of V.E. 11796 retains the same titles with an addition 'Srimať. It also states thầt Santuka was then the Mahamatya or chief minister. Another colophon of the Uttarādhyayana-sūtra dated in the month of Bhadrapada of the
1 SJGM., I, p. 55.
2 SJGM., XVIII, p. 99: HTG HETER: 3240371afc queat in mot जयसिंहदेवविजयराज्ये श्रीभृगुकच्छनिवासिना जिनचरणाराधनतत्परेण .... निशीथिचूर्णिपुस्तक लिखितम।
3 Catalogue of MSS. from Jesalamera, p. 45, fn. 3: fwfwaar verAT UT I fatti faj afin etc.
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