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Kavyanusasana How the kingdom of Anahillavāda passed from the hands of Chāvadas to those of Solankis, remains, as yet, an obscure question. The Vadnagara inscription of Kumarapāla simply says that the Rajyakamalā (Royal power) of Chāpotkata kings became of her own accord his slave.' The Moharājaparājaya tells us that the family of Yādavas and the family of Vanarāja were destroyed through drinking (p. 109). Madyasekhara the personification of intoxicating drinks in the same play says “ He was fondled for a long time in the royal palaces of Chávukkada (or Chāvaņā ) kings (p. 108). The Sukặtasamkīrtana of Arisimha simply tells us that after Bhūbhata, his sister's son Mūlarāja came to the throne. The D. K. is altogether silent on the point. The P. C. supplies the deficiency by giving the following account.
Three brothers named Rāja, Bīja and Dandaka, sons of Munjāla of the family of Sri Bhūyarāja of Kánykubja, while returning from their pilgrimage to Somanātha came to Anahillapura. Rāja managed to marry the sister of Sāmantasimha named Līlādevī. She died when she was in a state of pregnancy. An operation was performed upon her and the child brought out of the womb. As he was born under the influence of Müla constellation, he was called Mūlarāja. When the boy grew up his maternal uncle Sämantasimha under the influence of drink used to play with him by temporarily making a king of him. On one occasion, seeing his opportunity, Mūlarāja killed his maternal uncle and usurped the throne with the help of his party (P. C. p. 16). The bards also relate a similar story with a few variations.
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