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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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
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Who was this king of Saurāşțra ? The various MSS of the Prabandhacintāmani give several variants of his name such as Saursara, Sausara, Susara and Sumbara. The Prabhāvaka-carita refers to his name as Navaghana.2 The Kumarapala-carita names him as Samarasa. Pt. Bhagawanlal suggests that the Surāşțra chieftain was possibly some Gohalvād Mehra chief, and he may have belonged to the family of Ābhīra Cūdāsama chiefs of Junāgarh who had been giving trouble to the Caulukyas since the days of Mūlarāja.
This war must have been fought before V.E. 1209 (A.D. 1152), for we know from the Sundbā hill stone inscription, which is no doubt a Jain authority, that Naddūla Cãhamāna Alhaņa helped Kumārapāla in suppressing a revolt in mountainous parts of Saurāstra (Girau Saurastre).5 A Kirādu inscription of Alhaņa of V.E. 1209 (A.D. 1152) informs us that Alhaņa ‘by the grace of his sovereign Lord Mahārājādhiraja Paramabhațțāraka Kumāra pala' had obtained a principality consisting of Kirādu in Jodhpur division, Raddhāda and Siva in Marwar when Mahadeva the Nägara Brāhmaņa was the prime minister at Pāțan.6 Pt. Bhagawanlal calculates that this war must have taken place some time in 1149 A.D. (V.E. 1205) on the ground of the Jaina Prabandhas wherein it is stated that the repairs of the temple of Satruñjaya as wished by Udayana were finished in V.E. 1211 (A.D. 1154). It seems that the repairs must have started four or five years back from the date of restoration.
The chroniclers of Gujarāta as well as the epigraphs of the Caulukyas record only the victories of their kings and maintain silence about their defeats. Some of the facts, however, we may know from the records of the neighbouring kings. A Jain inscription from Bijolia of Someswara dated V.E. 1226 records that the Cāhamāna Vigraharāja, the son of Arņorāja, invaded the Naddūla Cāhamāna Alhaņa, devastated Naddūla and burnt Jābālipura.8 This inscription indicates that Vigraharāja had retaliated for the former defeat of his father Arņorāja, and since Kumārapāla was a powerful ruler, he instead of attacking him, attacked his feudatory Alhaņa.
The Prākļt section of Duyaśraya-kavya also records briefly the exploits
i SJGM., I, p. 86, fn. 5. 2 Ibid., XIII, p. 198; V. 431: getreftat faces 779-
27TH 3 KC., VIII, V. 475. 4 BG., I, Pt. I, p. 186. 6 EI., XI, p. 70 ff. 8 EI, IX, p. 68. ? BG., I, Pt. I, p. 186. 8 EI, XXVI, p. 84-112, V. 21: sleifsgt valogt at fe #fu qata etc. 35