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capital Dhr Nagar and locked the portcullis of the city rampart. The army of Siddhar ja besieged the city for twelve years. Finally, with the forceful attack of elephants, the heavy iron beams of the portcullis broke open and the elephants started entering the gate. Jaya Simha with his army entered the city and imprisoned Ya ovarm. Later, he annexed M lawa kingdom to his empire and extended his rule all over.
Siddhar ja triumphantly entered the city with people celebrating his victory over Ya ovarm. Later Hemacandra S ri conceding to the desire of Siddhar ja wrote a voluminous text 'Siddha Hema Vy kara a' after consulting many books on grammar. It is a marvellous and lucid work comprising five Amgas and 125000 verses altogether. Felicitating the exemplary work, the text was brought to the king with all royal honours by placing it in the royal seat, with a royal canopy held over it and fanning it with fly whisks on an elephant's bade, celebrating the occasion like a grand festival. After worship, it was kept in the royal treasury. The very name of the book indicates both their names Siddha i.e. Siddhar ja Jaya Simha and Hema - omniscient Hemacandra S ri, thus making both of them immortal.
Though Siddhar ja himself was a follower of iva (aivism), yet under the instructions of Hemacandra, he showed equal respect to all the religions. His regime was marked with peace and prosperity. He subjugated and annexed a rich and powerful kingdom like M lawa, dispensed justice and fair administration to the people. He was always victorious in his military campaigns. King Jaya Simha was adorned with the tile 'Siddhar ja either because of his victories or because he himself sat on the throne at a very tender age of 3 years'. Even today in the pages of history King Jaya Simha of Gurjara kingdom is described as Siddhar ja Jaya Simha.
Siddhar ja had no children to succeed to the throne and to rule his kingdom. So his last days were spent in distress and agony. Through astrologers, he came to know that Kum rap la will succeed to the throne after his death. This was also one of the reasons for his sorrow. As a matter of fact, he did not like the vision of a low born sitting on the throne of pious C lukya dynasty and ruling the kingdom as his successor. The event related to the birth of Kum rap la is as follows: Bh ma, the paternal grand father of Siddhar ja Jaya Simha heard many glorious tales
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