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learnt about the king's firm decision to give up his life, minister Mumj la had divulged the entire secret. He reassured him that the woman he made love with the previous night was none other than Maya alladev, his own queen-consort, a noble descent and the daughter of King Jayake After seeing the ring and his queen Maya alladev, he finally believed that he did not perform any heinous act.
After this incident, king Kar a behaved as an ideal loyal husband with Maya alladev. In course of time, Maya alladev gave birth to a son and the King's happiness knew no bounds. He named the prince as Jaya Simha. As already mentioned under the life history of Hemacandra c rya, Jaya Simha was crowned at the age of 3 in Vikram 1150 on Saturday, the third day of dark fortnight of Pau a month.
After mastering the studies and politics, King Jaya Simha brought about radical changes in the total administrative structure, consolidating Gurjara kingdom and providing all amenities to his subjects. In order to fulfil the vow of his mother Maya alladev, he completely and permanently abolished the B huloḍa tax paid by the pilgrims of Soman tha.
Maya alladev felt very happy when her son Jaya Simha, the C lukya king announced the exemption of the tax. She went to Some wara temple and worshipped Soman tha with gold worth 12.5 million.
When King Jaya Simha accompanied her mother on Some wara pilgrimage, Ya ovarm, the king of M lawa dynasty desirous of annexing the vast Gurjara kingdom, took advantage of the situation and invaded it. Having come to know about this, the chief minister immediately rushed to Ya ovarm and with his oratory skills convinced him to return back to his kingdom.
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After returning from Some wara, when Jaya Simha heard of the attack by M lawa king, he became enraged and decided to avenge the audacious Ya ovarm. On making all the necessary arrangements for the military expedition, one day he along with his most powerful and massive brigade marched towards Dh r Nagar, the capital of M lawa kingdom. Having found the mighty army of the enemy, the terrified Ya ovarm ran away from the battlefield along with his army to his
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