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at Aṇhilwada Pațțaņa. Accorợing to Ibn-Asir? who is followed by Farishta, a Mohmmadan bistorian, the chief of Anhilwad Bhima fled bastily and abandoning the city, he went to a certain fort for safety and prepared himself for war. The same account is given by Tarikha-i-Alf?. According to the Farishta's3 account, it was Cāmundarāja who surrendered before Ghazni but it appears to be wrong. It was, in fact Bhimadeva who fled away to Kanthakoța.
This account is omitted by Hemacandra because Bhimadeva had to face a defeat and Hemacaodra did not want to narrate the defeat especially the demolition of Somanātha. But Bhīma also did not keep silence. He accompanied Maņdalika and marched against Mahmood Ghaznī. And this time Mahmood Ghaznī did not make a great stand 5. The Byramdeo, mentioned by Farishta who joined the army of Somanātha on the third day of tight, appears to be no one other than Bhimadeva. Again Bhimadeva met him near Multan and after a severe fight, he had to face such a defeat that he had much difficulty in reaching back to Ghaznī?. Again, Kutbuddin Aibak is mentioned to have revenged upon Bhimadeva8. But all these events are omitted by Hemacandra.
According to Merutunga', as there brake out a famine during the rule of Bhīma so Bhoja took an advantage and
1. Elliot, History of India, II. p. 468. 2. ibid. II. 471. 3. Dow, Alexander, History of Hindoostan, London, 1768, p. 86. 4. I. A. VI. p. 185. 5. Rau, Chodji, Amarji, Tarikha-e-sorath, Bombay, 1882, p. 112. 6. Dow, Alaxander, History of Hindoostao, p. 83. 7. Bayley, History of Gujarat, p. 35. 8. ibid., p. 35. 9. Merutunga, Prabandhacintamani, p. 30.
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