Jainism in Gujarat

Author(s): Chimanlal Bhailal Sheth
Publisher: Godiji Jain Temple Mumbai

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Bilhana ” He is described as surpassing open famous ministers like Yaugandharayana of the past He had sent an army under general Sachobika to fight the Sultan of Gbazanı whom it defeated on the banks of the Indus.6. This event is not confirmed by other evidence.
Santu is said to have put an end to the tyranny of Madanapala, maternal uncle of King Karna, by compassing his death. When Siddharaja had been on a pilgrimage to Somanátha, the reins of Government were in Santu's hands. Taking advantage of the king's absence from the capital, the king of Malvā invaded Gujarata Säntu asked him the condition on which he would turn back. Yaśoparman told him that if he made over to him the merit which Siddharāja gained by his pilgrimage to the shrine of Somanatha he would return. The minister, then, washed the king's feet and throwing into the hollow of his hand a handful of water as a sign of the transference of that merit, induced the king of Malwā to retire When Siddharāja knew this, he became very angry. But his minister propitiated
him by saying that the giving away of one's { 64 Kūvyānušāsana, II, pp CXCIT Merutunga,
Prabandhachintamani, p 135.