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Bilhana." He is described as surpassing even famous ministers like Yaugandharáyana of the past. He had sent an army under general Sachchika to fight the Sultan of Ghazani whom it defeated on the banks of the Indus.A This event is not confirmed by other evidence.
Santu is said to have put an end to the tyranny of Madanapala, maternal uncle of King Karna, by compassing his death. When Siddharāja had been on a pilgrimage to Somanātha, the reins of Government were in Santu's hands. Taking advantage of the king's absence from the capital, the king of Mālwā invaded Gujarāta. Santu asked him the condition on which he would turn back. Yašovarman told him that if he made over to him the merit which Siddharāja gained by his pilgrimage to the shrine of Somanātha he would return. The minister, then, washed the king's feet and throwing into the hollow of bis hund a handful of water as a sign of the transference of that merit, induced the king of Malwā to retire. When Siddharāja knew this, he became very angry. But his minister propitiated him by saying that the giving away of one's
6A Kūvyānušāsana, II, pp. CXCI. 7 Merutunga, Prabandhachintamani, p. 135. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com