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that their position was not sound. Broach at that time was situated on the frontiers of the Caulukyas, Yadavas and the Paramāras and in the age of the dominance of these kingdoms, its position might have been insignificant. The rulers of that place were reduced to the rank of mere feudatories. Jayasimhasūri calls Sankha as mandalesvara while the Vasanta-vilasa speaks of him as bhupati. In the light of the above statements it seems very doubtful whether at any time they really enjoyed sovereign power.
1 GOS., VIT, p. 21, Vs. 18, 23.
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