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sage Hemacandra S ri and as a Master to King Kum rap la and nobody else.
Listening to this frank and fearless answer of mrabha a, Ajaya Deva became enraged. He flaring with fury challenged him to war.
mrabha a went to his residence. He offered venerations to the idol of Jine wara and took the vow of fast unto death. With his handful army, he returned back to palace and pounced on the royal guards. In a flash the place turned into a battle field. After slaying many warriors, upholding his dignity he killed himself and attained heaven.
Murder of the King Ajaya Deva
'In this world, a person who enacts great meritorious deeds with lofty ideals and a person who commits the worst sins, meet with resultant effects within either 3 years, 3 months, 3 fortnights or 3 days, here on the earth, in the very birth itself”.
True to this moral adage, the tyrant Ajaya Deva who committed many atrocious deeds met with similar fate within 3 years. One of the king's guards Vaijaladeva, who stood sentinel, stabbed him in his stomach and killed him. Thus, within three years of his tyrannical rule (Vikram 1230 - 1233), Ajaya Deva had to undergo the effects of his sinful acts.
Later, his eldest son, M lar ja (IInd) was made the minor king of A ahillapura Pa a a. The widow of Ajaya Deva, Queen-mother N yak Dev , became the regent-queen of Gurjara kingdom. She took the reins of the kingdom into her hands. N yak Dev was the daughter of King Paramardin of Kadamba dynasty of Goa. Apart from providing good administration, she made unrelenting efforts to make the kingdom a mighty one.
Mohammada Gaur , the Sult na of Gaur , invaded Gujarat, in Vikram 1235 (V.N.1705, i.e. 1178 A.D). Queen-mother N yak Dev made her son M lar ja II sit on her lap and leading the army, charged furiously at Mohammada Gaur . With amazing gallantry, courage and military prowess she steered the army in the battlefield. Even nature helped the queen-mother generously. In the heavy down pour of rain, the
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