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Historical evaluation
121 vi Minor victories omitted
Karņa had a victory over Bhilla Captain Āśã of Āsāpalli?. It is omitted by Hemacandra. He won another Bhilla Khangalakṣa or Khangāra” which is omitted by Hemacandra.
Kumārapāla's viceroy Gūmadeva keeping Ābhīra tribe under bis subjection is noticed by recent researches. But this is not mentioned by Hemacandra.
vii. Religious omissions : Mülarāja was a Saiva in religious thoughts and brought colonies of Audīcya Brāhmaṇas to Gujarat setting them at Simhapura or Sihar in the east of Kathiawar, at Stambhatirtha or Cambay and in various villages between Bāņas and Sābharamatī rivers4.
Again, after winning Grāharipu, Mūlarāja went to Somanātha and worshipped there before returning to his capitals. He made a Saiva temple Müleśvara® which is omitted by Hemacandra.
It appears that such events are ignored by Hemacandra due to his religious bias because he was a Jain himself. Or it is possible that he might not have been acquainted with such events which were added by later prabandhakāras. similarly
1. (a) Merulunga, Prabandhacintamani, p. 55.
(b) Forbes, Rāsamālā, p. 79. (c) Burgess, A.S.W.I. VI. p.6.
(d) Burgess, A.S.W.I. IX. p. 13. 2. Merutunga, Prabandbacintāmaņi, p. 55. 3. Diskalkar, D.B. Some unpublished inscriptions of Chaulukyas, P. O.
Vol. I. pt. IV. p. 39. 4. Burgess, A.S.W.I. IX. p. 11. 5. Cousens, A.S.I. (Imperial Series), XLV. Somanātha, p. 3. 6. Merutunga, Prabandhacintāmaņi, p.17.
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