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of a concubine called Caul dev . She was a most beautiful lady, endowed with such divine attributes that even women of high and noble birth would not get tired of praising her and her virtues. King Bh ma sent his dagger worth 125000 coins to her through a loyal servant as front money, to test her. After sending the dagger to her, King Bh ma marched to M lawa on a military expedition and stayed there for two years. Caul dev spent those two years like a chaste woman betrothed to King Bh ma, as she had accepted the dagger as an advance payment from him. She did not even look at the face of another man. After returning from M lawa, Bh ma learnt about Caul dev , and her chastity from his spies. He was charmed by her virtues. He at once brought her to the palace with due honour and made her his queen in a legitimate manner. King Bh ma became father of Harip la through Caul dev. In course of time, Harip la begot a son called Tribhuvanap la and his son was Kum rap la. As Kum rap la was born in the maternal lineage of a concubine, Siddhar ja despised Kum rap la and even tried to kill him, for otherwise he would inherit the sacred throne of C lukya dynasty. Though the rest of his life was very quintessential and laudable, this incident spoiled his last days making him desperate and miserable.
In 49 years of his long reign Gurjara kingdom attained unprecedented progress and prosperity. Siddhar ja, the mighty king of Gurjara of Vikram 12th Century died in Vikram 1199.
The contemporary great c ryas of Siddhar ja were c rya Deva S ri,
c rya Hemacandra S ri - the omniscient of Kaliyuga and D d Jinadatta Sri. c rya Deva Sri had spiritual disputation with Digambar c rya Kumudacandra, the holy teacher of King Jayake of Karnataka, (maternal grandfather of Siddhar ja) in the royal court of Siddhar ja. This was an exemplary and historic example of his love for justice. Though c rya Kumudacandra was his grandfather's holy teacher, King Siddhar ja without any prejudice or favouritism declared
vet mbar c rya Deva Sri, as victor and presented him epistle of victory.
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