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repair the temple of Somanátha, he readily consented to do so 62
We shall now say a few words about Kumārapāla's principal officers. In those days, the heads of different departments of the state, provincial Governors, prime ministers and Dandanāyakas' were known as mantris or ministers and acted as commanders of the army.
According to the Dvyaśraya, Vägbhata was a Prime Minister of Kumarapala. This fact is confirmed by the Nadola copperplates of V. S. 1213.64 It is difficult to say who this Vāgbhata was. Probably he was the son of Udayana who built a stone temple to Ādinātha on the Satrunjaya Hill in V. S. 1211 ( or A. D. 1154-5 ) and founded Vāgbhatapura at the foot of the hill. In this city, Vāgbhata built a temple of Párśvanātha and called it Tribhuvanavibära after the King's father.65
Āmbada or Amrabhata was another, 'mantri' of Kumārapāla. He was the second son of Udayana. We have already seen him in connection with bis expedition against Mallikārjuna. He
62. Bhavanagara Inscriptions, p. 187, v. 11.
63. Dvylsraya, XX, 91-2. 64 I. A. (1912), p. 208. 65. Prabandhachintāmani, p. 220. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
