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Merutunga says that Udayana had taken a vow to build a stone temple on the Satrunjaya Hill, when he was sent against the rebel chief in Saurastra. As the temple was built in V. S. 1211 or 1213 by Vagbhata,23 expedition against the rebel chief was certainly sent before V. S. 1211 (or A. D. 1154-5).
Merutunga and Jinamandana record a second contest with the Sapadalaksha king (who must be either Ana's son Jesangadeva or his grandson Ano). According to Jinamandana, the cause of the war was the refusal of the Sapadalaksha king to send Uttarasana (or a piece of cloth used by the Jains at the time of worshipping an image of a Tirthankara ). It is difficult to be sure of the cause given by Jinamandanagani. It is probable, however, that non-payment of the tribute by the Sapadalaksha king may have led to war with that king.23A
Chahada was given command of the army
23 In an inscription of Somesvara dated V. S. 1226, it is recorded that Vigraharāja IV invaded Nadula and burnt Jabalipura of Alhanadeva, a Samant of Kumārapāla. This may have been one of the causes of the second expedition against the Sapadalaksha king (Journal, Bengal Asiatic Society, V. 55, p. 41 ).
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