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When Kumarapala received this news, he sent Kāka against Ballāla and himself led an army against Anna. On the way, he was joined by king Vikramasimha of Abu. In the battle that followed, Anna was defeated. He acknowledged Kumarapala as his overlord and gave his daughter Jalhana in marriage to the king.?
This victory of Kumarapala over the Sapadalaksha king is certainly historical, as it is confirmed by the Chaulukya copperplates as well as by Someśvara, Arisimha, Balachandrasūri, Udayaprabhasūri and other chroniclers."
Like Kumarapala, his general Kaka who was sent against Ballāla of Avantī, was also successful. Ballala had bought off the king's samantsVijaya and Krishna. At first, the imperial forces fled before the furious charge made by Ballāla but the Brahmin senapati Kāka brought them under the banner of Anahilavada by his stirring address. The Gujarata army then fought with
9. Dvyasraya, XVI, 24 to XIX, 60.
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10. Ind. Ant., VI, 194; Ibid, VI, 146; Vadanagaraprasasti, v. 9.; Somesvara, KirtiKaumudi, II, Arisimha, Sukritasankirtana, II, 43; Balachandra, Vasantavilas, 111, 29; Udayaprabha, Sukritakirtikallolini, V. 61.
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