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minister and assisted in chastising Bhils at Chundawara, who had caused great trouble in the area of “Katara". During the famine of V.E. 1521, he fed two thousand people daily. He repaired the Parshwanath temple of Dungarpur. He had three wives named Shri, Kodam and Anupama, from whom he had three sons and a daughter A Devakulika and a Mandap were added to the Shantinath temple of Antari by him and were consecrated by Somvijay Suri in V.E, 1525.
Hemraj Surana of Nagaur :
Hemraj Surana of Nagaur renovated the temples of Phalavardhidevi of Phalodi69 (Medta road) and Morakbana70. Several literary and epigraphic sources are available about this family. The progenitor of the family was Paramar Madhu deva, whose son Sur was ruling in Dahal Country. He was a chief subordinate to Prithviraj Chauhan. The inscription of Phalodi dated 1555 (1498 A.D.) relates that he went to Ghazni to collect tribute on behalf of Prithviraj and gave away his life there along with 74 adherents. This may be an exaggeration, but it is possible that he gave away his life with his followers in an encounter held between Prithviraj and Muhammad Ghori. His grand-son was Mallan, who became a Jain under the influence of Dharmaghosh Suri. Vandeva the son of Mallan remained a minister of Salhan, a local chief of Sakambhari, who ruled in association with two other chiefs. The Abu inscription furnishes some names of Suranas who might also be related to the above family. During the 14th century A.D., this family became renowned. Sivaraj the father of Hemraj undertook several religious and charitable deeds. During the famine of V.E. 1495 and 1496, he established a Satragar at Ajmer. His son was Hemraj. He lived in Malwa for some years. From there he went to Delhi and performed Lahani, distributing cash among Jains of Delhi and Mewat. He was respected by Sultan Firoz of Nagaur. His name also appears
69, Mahopadhyaya Vinay Sagar's paper "Phalodhi ke Mandir ka Abhilekh"
published in Rajasthan Bharati Vol. IX No. 4 pp. 19-42. 70. J.R.A.S. Bengal (NS) Vol. XIII (1917) p. 214.
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