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churi King Bijjal to accept his suzerainty?. Rather he faced his, enemy'' in the battlefield like a hero. However their ;-rivalry: seems to have ended in a treaty. „Bhoja:'established his capital at Ksullakapur (Kolhapur) and adorned the royal city by erecting many a beautiful Jina · temple. The religion of Jinas predominated in that city and the King gladly followed the religious instructions of his spiritual preceptor Vishalakirti-Panditadeva“..
Among the generals .of the Shilaharas, Nimbadeva, Boppana and Laksamidhar were ardent follo wers. of Jainism.;. .
Samanta Nimbadeva was a great general of Gandraditya, In an inscription many an attirbute, of heroism and goodness is heaped on him. He is said to be "the lord of the fair damsel victory' "the strong whirlwind for the destruction of the enemiy samantas” "crest-jewel among the samantas' and "desire-yielding gem for the good." No doubt by the great help which he rendered to his lord Gandtaditya, he won the heart of the King and he is rightly styled as "Gandraditya-maha-vaksa-daksina-bhujadanda". (Right hand to the broad
1. Bhandarákar, loc. cit. I, p. 256. . . 2. Sitalaprasad, loe. cit. p. 156. 3. Graham, Iriscrip. No 3. "Statistical Account of
Kolhapur."
