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the throne of Anbilavāda. The policy of religious toleration followed by Mularāja and his successors since 942 A. D. was, for the first time, given up after 231 years. There was no freedom of conscience. The towples of Kumārapāla were demolished one after another and used as gambling houses till Silana, a jester, persuaded the king to desist from the work of destruction.(A .
The reign of terror had commencud. Kapardi, a minister of Kumāra pāla, was put to death. Ramachandrasūri, a prominent pupil of Hemasūri, was made to seat on a heated plate of copper, and Amrabhata was asked to prepare for battle in which he died.(B).
Ajaya pala's reign of terror was cut short by Vaijaladeva, a doorkeeper, who stabbed bim in A. D. 1.176.
Yasabpāla was a Jain minister of Ajayapāla. He completed the Mohaparājaya, an allegorical drama, celebrating the conversion of Kumārapala to Jainism, in this reign. His father's naine was Dhanadeva and wother's name Rukwini. Dhanadeva was a miniscer of Siddharāja or Kumāra pala.(c).
(A) Prabandhachintāmami, p.p. 245-6. (B) Ibid, p.p. 246-8.
(C) Merutunga, Ibid, p. 249. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
