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Kavyanusasana : . From the cultural point of view, two things may be noted. One of them is Yogarāja's refusal to take possession of the foreign property and fasting unto death for the sins of his sons though he could kill them as none of them could bend the bow which he did easily. The other is the building of Devaprāsādas or palaces dedicated to gods. The wall round the city of Anahilavāda must have been a magnifiscent thing, because as we shall see later on, it had specially attracted the attention of the poets.
According to a verse quoted in the P. C. the kingdom of the Gurajars from the time of Vanarāja onward was made firm by Jain counsels. It is a question how much of this claim is historically valid. The official religion of the kings was, no doubt, Şaiva and Sākta. But the influential persons in the state, the rich Mahajanas, for example-men like Thakkura Ninnaya of the Prāgvāta family whom Vanaraja invited to live in Anahilavāda, were, probably, most of them Jainas. They occupied high posts in the state, - many of them were Mantris or Councillors and some of them like Vimalasāha were Dandanāyakas - commanders of army and then governors of districts. So from this point of view, the claim may be regarded as valid - at least partially. As, however, we shall see later on there was nothing characteristically Jaina as far as their political life was concerned. The rivalries of the priests of different sects, it appears, was always kept in check by the rulers of the state.
13 The total absence of contemporary inscriptional evidence of the Chāvadā period is somewhat relieved
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