Jainism in Gujarat

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

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the throne of Anbilavada. The policy of religious toleration followed by Mularāja and his successors since 942 A. D. mas, for the first time, given up after 231 years There was no freedom of conscience. The temples of Kumarapala were demolished one after another and used as gambling houses till Silana, a jester, persuaded the king to desist from the work of destruction.(A!
The reign of terror had commenced. Kapardi, a minister of Kumārapala, was put to death. Rāwachandrasūri, a prominent pupil of Hemesūri, was made to seat on a heated plate of copper, and Amrabhata was asked to prepare for battle in which he died (B).
Ajayapāla’s reign of terror was cut short by Vaijaladeva, a doorkeeper, who stabbed bou in A. D 1176.
Yasabpola was a Jain minister of Ajayapala. He completed the Mohaparājaya, an allegorical drama, celebrating the conversion of Kumpirapāla to Jainism, in this reiga. His father's name was Dhanadera and mother's name Rukwini. Dhanadera vas & minister of Siddharāja or Kumarapala.(a)
(A) Prabandhachintämamı, pp. 245-6. (B) Ibid, pp. 240-8 (C) Verutanga, Ibid, p 249.