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is still found there'. He was a devotee of Somanātha and paid visits to Somanatha2. Jayasimha made up his mind to get Somanatha repaired3 which was later on fulfilled by Kumārapāla.
Jayasimha established a city named Simhapura which, according to Abhayatilakagaṇi was near Satruñjayapura1. He established a number of villages all around Simhapura. He performed a sacrifices and got a temple constructed consisting of an idol of the ten incarnations of Lord Visņu".
Kumarapala is described as the son of Tribhuvanapāla who was the younger brother of Jayasimha. So Kumarapala is said to be a grandson of Jayasimhas. It is supported by most of the evidences of prabandhas and genealogy given in the inscriptions.
Arņorāja: According to Hemacandra as soon as Kumārapāla ascended to throne, Anna invaded him with many other kings. Ballāla, the Paramara king also came in a contract with Anna1. But Kumārapāla himself marched against Anna and reached the mountain Arbuda11 where Vikramasimha was administering. Perhaps, he entered some political treaty with
1. (a) Burgess, J. Sceneries in Gujarat and Rajputana, London, 1874, Photograph IV.
(b) A.S.W.I. IX. p. 14.
2. DV. XV. 18.
3. Peterson, P. A collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit Inscriptions, Bhavanagar Archaeological Series, Bhavanagar, 1890, p. 187.
4. DV. XV. 97.
5. DV. XV. 98.
6. ibid. XV.105.
7. ibid. XV.119.
8. Ibid. XV. 123; XVI.1
9. ibid. XVI.7.
10. ibid. XVI. 17.
11. ibid. XVI.33.
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