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Dvyāśrayakāvya king without any proper cause is omitted by Hemacandra.
Hemacandra omits some minor events or victories of Caulukyas which are noticed by other sources.
Hemacandra has omitted the dates and proper boundaries of a particular king. Sometimes, Dvyāśraya depicts changed religion of a particular king due to religious bias.
Most of the archaeological edifices by Caulukyas are omitted by Hemacandra. i. Omissions of the early life of kings
Mūlarāja's early life was full of struggles?. It is concluded by Bühler” that Mūlarāja changed his crest on succeeding to the Cūļa throne, and accepted those of bis mother's family.
His mother was Līlādevī, sister of Sāmanta Simha and his father was an unknown warriors. In the age of twenty-one he became the founder of the Caulukya or Solanki dynasty4. Even such a creditable event of founding a dynasty is not mentioned by Hemacandra became to him this transgression of social order may appear to be more unethical than creditable.
Similar is the case of Jayasimha. He was a child when his father died so his mother was the regent to the thrones. His early life was also full of struggle. When he went to the
1. Forbes, K.A. Rāsamālā, p. 38. 2. Bühler, G. Eleven Land-grants of Caulukyas, I.A. VI. p. 183. 3. (a) Merutunga, Prabandhacintamani, p. 15-16.
(b) Burgess, J. A.S.W.I. VI. p.4. 4. Burgess, J. A.S.W.I, IX, p. 11. 5, Forbes, Rāsamālā, p. 83,
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