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 SAURASTRA
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find that there were municipalities of the Cāhamānas in the Lăţadeśa.1 Any how, we know of only two members of his branch.
Sindhuraja: We know from the history of the Paramäras that Sindhurāja was a vassal of Arjunavarma of Mālava (1211-15 A.D.).2 It appears from the inscriptions of the Yāda vas (1169-1247 A.D.) that he was defeated several times by Yadava king Simhaņa. We have already referred to a struggle of Sindhurāja with Jayasimha Sindhurāja in which he is said to have been defeated. A Jain authority, known as the Sundha hill inscription (V.E. 1319), states that Udayasimha, the Cāhamāna prince of Jalor (1209-1249 AD.), killed Sindhurāja."5 The Hammira-mada-mardana states that Sargrämasimha (Sankha) of Lata attacked Vastupāla, the minister of Vīradhavala, in retaliation of his father's enmity. We also know from the Jain prabandhas that Udayasimha was a feudatory of Vīradhavala. The above two references, if jointly interpreted, show that Udayasimha, in collaboration of Viradhavala, killed Sindhurāja.
Sindhurāja had a brother by name Simha, who was also a well known figure in the political circles of that time. We, however, do not know of him from the Jain sources except that he was also for sometime ruler of Lāța (Laţadeśādhipati).
Sankha alias Sangrāmasimha : Sindhurāja was succeeded by his son Sankha alias Sangrāmasimha. He appears to have been a good warrior. The Vasanta-vilasa informs us that he had repulsed an attack of the army of the Yadava king, Sinhana on the banks of the Narmadā8. “Though attacked on one side by the sons of Arņorāja (Lavanaprasāda and Vīradhavala) the brave warrior Sankha, making the Mālava king to interfere, repulsed an attack of the Yādava army which had been attracted by the conflict."9 The
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