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Vikramasiṁha. The ministers of Anna prohibited him from war but Anna rebuking and disgracing his ministers made up his mind to fight?. But as Ānna was preparing to fight, Kumāra pāla invaded him and rebuked him for his unethical war in the battlefield. Anna fought with bravery but at last he had to surrender. At the time of the battle with Arņorāja, Vikramasimba turned to be a traitor and went over to the side of Arņorāja This disloyalty led Kumārapāla to uproot him and make his nephew Yasodbavala sit on the throne of Ābu*. Kumārapāla was victorious but Āona sent some messengers and proposed to marry his daughter with Kumārapāla which was accepted.
This invasion as narrated by Hemacandra is supported by most of the Prabandhakāras and historians?. According to Burgess Bābada or wāhad, one of the sons of Udayana had revolted and incited the Sapādalakṣa or Śākambhari Rājā Ānna
1. ibid. XVIII. 29-37. 2. ibid. XVIII. 38 ; XVIII. 84, 85. 3. ibid. XVIII. 105-106. 4. Haldar, R. R. Yaśodhavala Parmara and his inscription,
I. A. LVI. p. 10. 5. DV. XIX. 1-91. 6. (a) Prabhāvakācārya, Prabhāvakacarita, pp. 197-198.
(b) Sukstakictikallolioi, p. 5, verse 61 ; ibid. p. 36. 7. Forbes, Rāsamalā, pp. 141-142. In most of the inscriptions his epithet is given :
fafaf5FT TIFF73779177 I.A. XI. p. 71; ibid. XVIII. p. 12 ; Poona Orientalist, Vol. I. part II. p. 42 etc. Similarly V.G. Ojha and Bübler, E.I., I. p. 294 ; E.I. II.
p. 423 ; 1. A. VI. p. 201 and XVIII. p. 343; A.B.O.R.I. XX III. 8. Burgess, J. The Architectural Antiquities of Northern Gujarat,
A.S.W.I., IX. p.15.
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