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That Kumarapala wandered away frem home to avoid death at the hands of Siddharaja is a wellknown fact; so when he heard about Siddharāja's death, he hurried to Anahilavāda and saw his brother-in-law Kanhadadeva who helped him to the throne iu S. 1199 or A. D. 1143. According to the Prabandhachintamani, he was fifty years old when he was crowned king.
On coming to the throne, Kumarapala generously rewarded those who had helped him in his days of adversity. He made Vagbhata, Udayana's son, his minister and gave the paragana of Chitrakuta with seven hundred villages to Alinga, the potter. Vosiri, his friend, received Lata deśa. Bhima and other culivators were made body guards, and Bhopaladevi was made the chief queen.5
As Kumarapala came to the throne at a ripe age when he had gained enough experience of the world by wandering in many countries, he was practically independent of his ministers. But as the latter did not like this, they formed a plot to slay him. Kumārapāla, having received information from a friend, avoided the gate
5 Jayasimhasuri, Kumārapālacharita, III, 524, 521, 474; Kumārapālaprabandha, p. 34.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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