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 CENTRAL INDIA
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inscriptions from Mahobā, dated respectively V.E. 1211 (A.D. 1155) and 1221 (A.D. 1163), in the reign of Madanavarmadeva.
From the above inscriptions it may safely be inferred that Madanavarman's kingdom was prosperous and vast, extending from Mahobā to Tikamgarh district. It may be gathered from these references that the Candella power had reached beyond the Betwa in the S.W. and advanced into the Paramāra territory in Mālavā. This is why Madanavarman's successor Paramardi bore the title 'Daśārņādhipati." This achievement of the Candellas in this direction seems to have brought them into contact with the Caulukyas of Anahilapāțaka. The Jain chroniclers of Western India refer to the wars between Madanavarman and Siddharāja Jayasiṁha and later on with Kumārapāla.
Regarding the struggle with Jayasimha Siddharāja we are informed from the Duyaśraya-kavya that Jayasimha (c. 1094-1144 A.D.) conquered Ujjainīt and in his records and colophons of MSS. we actually find his title Avantināth. The Kirti-kaumudi refers to the migration of Jayasimha from Dhārā to Kaliñjara." The Kumārapāla-carita confirms this fact and states that Madanavarman, paying a good ransom of ninety-six crores of gold coins to Jayasimha, purchased the peace. This statement of the Jain authors is further corroborated with that of a Kaliñjara stone epigraph that Madanavarman in an instant defeated the king of Gurjaras, as Křşņa in former times defeated Kamsa.? Scholars generally identify this Gurjaresa with Gujarāt king Siddharāja.
There is an interesting story in the Prabandha-kośa regarding the struggle between Caulukya Jayasimha and Candella Madanavarman which may be summarised as follows:
Once in the court of Siddharāja Jayasimha came an itinerary
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1 ASR., XXI, p. 49, plate XII, A. 2 Ibid., II, p. 448, N. 25. 3 TA., XIX, p. 354. 4 Canto 14, Vs. 72-73: JATE Alstofa grut path ATZTE: AIRTE
चुलुक्योगुप्ताव:प्सीत्तं यशोवर्मभूपं । 5 Canto, 2, V. 33 : 0 2T ZEE: 1
___ प्राघूर्गकमिषाद्दण्डमहोबकपतिर्ददौ। & Canto 1, V. 42: ETTEITERUG HarrachaHUT: 1
कोटी षण्णवतिं हेम्ना यस्तन्मानमिवाददे। JASB., 1848, XVII, Pt. I., p. 778, line 14. 8 BG., I. Pt. I., p. 178.