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
Tejahpāla was considered to be the king-maker (Rajasthapanacārya).1 It is, therefore, not possible that Vīsaladeva could have wrested the ministerial seat from Tejah pala and given it to Nāgada. Moreover, Visaladeva could not have done this, even if he had thought so, as his position could not have been firm and secure in the short period of one year when the ministers were so powerful and well established. In an inscription on Mt. Satruñjaya dated 1296, Tejahpāla is called a mahāmātya. The change in ministry perhaps was affected after the death of Tejahpāla, which took place, according to Jinaharşagani, ten years after that of Vastupala, that is, in V.E. 1306.3 According to the Purātana-prabandha-sangraha, Tejahpala left Vīsaladeva in V.E. 1308 to go to heaven. In the colophon of a Jain MS the Acarangasūtra-vrtti, dated V.E. 1303, Tejahpala is called a mahamätya in power at Anahillapura. In an old leaf of a paper MS, the dates of the death of the two brothers are given as V.E. 1296 and 1304 respectively. 6
Death of Bhima II: The old king Bhīma still lingered on surrounded possibly by the imperial honours. Visala and Vīrama as his feudatories maintained the loyalty to him and his family. After the death of Vastupāla, Bhima died within two years. According to the Prabandha-cintamani and the Pravacana-parikşa he ruled for 63 years from 1236. Thus, he died in V.E. 1298.
After him, his son, Tribhuvanapāla succeeded to the nominal kingship. The only Jain source about him is the Cirwa inscription of V.E. 1530, composed by Ratnaprabhasūri. This inscription relates that "Bāla, the grandson of Yogarāja, the Talāra of Nāgadā in the reign of Padmasimha went to heaven fighting in front of Jaitrasimha to capture Koțţadaka from Ranaka Tribhuvana.? The Rāņaka Tribhuvana of the record has been rightly identified with the Caulukya Tribhuvanapāla. His contemporary
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