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mentioned as a descendant of Vimal Shah (Vimalanyaye.) But this inscription does not furnish the full details concerning the ancestors of Abhay singh. Mahamatya Nedh was the elder brother of Vimal Shah. He had two sons named Dhawal and Lalig. Details regarding the descendants of these brothers are given below.
Dhawal had a son named Anand.17 He was a minister in the court of Siddhraj Jaisingh. From his two wives named Padmavati and Saluna, he had two sons Prithvipal and Nana respectively. Prithvipal became famous as the most trusted minister of Jai singh and Kumarpal. In the Navalakha temple of Pali, he installed two18 icons of Anant Nath and Vimal Nath in V.E. 1201. The renovation of the Vimal Vasati was undertaken by him between the years V.E. 1200 to V.E. 1206. The temple was enlarged with several new structures including the Mandap and the Devakulikas. Inscription No. 72 of the Vimal Vasati dated V.E. 1206 (1149 A.D.) hints at this fact. It reports that Prithvipal undertook a journey to Abu with Silabhadra Suri's Pupil Chandra Suri and arranged for the renovation 19 of the temple. The Hastishala situated in front of Vimal Vasati was also added by him in V.E. 1204, when seven stone elephants of the ancestors20 of Prithvipal were completed. The remaining two elephants were later on added by Prithvipal's son Dhanpal in V.E. 1237. Prithvipal also constructed temples at Anhilpur21 Patan, Panchasar, and at many places in Gujarat. His wife Namal devi bore him two sons named Jagdev and Dhanpal. Like his father, Dhanpal took great interest in building projects. He undertook a Sangh Yatra to Abu under instruction from Singh Suri of Kasahridgachchha in V.E. 1245 (1188 A.D.) and renovated the Devakulikas No. 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the Vimal Vasati.22 Other members of his family took interest
17. The Descriptive Catalogue of MSS. of Patan Bhandar (G.O.S.) P. 255. 18. Nahar I No. 814-15 19. Abu II No. 72. 20. Abu II No. 233, 21. The colophon of the Chandra Prabha Charita (The Descriptive Catalogue
of the Mss of the Patan Bhandar p. 255.) 22. Abu II No. 95 to 108.
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