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CLXXVII a Chaitrādi that is one beginning with the month of Chaitra (A. D. 1136). The final battle must have taken place within these three months. We find in a mutilated inscription of V. S. 1193 - A. D. 1137 discovered at Gala (in Dhrangadhara State, Kathiawada, ) among Jayasimha's titles, the title of Avantīnātha, that is Lord of Avantī, also. This is a further corroborative evidence of his victory over Mālava.
This inscription refers to some temple of the Goddess Şrī Bhattarikā Şri Devatā and a small temple of Gaņapati in Drumatīrtha Khāņi. Something is done by five people - panchakula - * one of whose names can be red as Pári, Sri Kumara, another as Pāri Kera ...... The Mahāmātya or the Chief minister was Ambāprasāda in charge of the treasury - Vyayakaraṇa. The engraver was Maho......K.
A later inscription of V. S. 1195 = A. D. 1139 found at Ujjain (Ujjayini) in Mālava mentions the defeat of Yaşovarman in so many words. We find all the titles of Jayasimha in this inscription - Mahārājādhirāja Paramesvara, Tribhuvanaganda, Siddha Chakravarti, Avantinātha, Barbarakajishņu, Srī Jayasimhadeva - vijaya-rājye.
This inscription, though incomplete, gives us other important information also. We learn that Mahattama + Sri Dādāka was minding the
Srikaranádi' affairs, i. e. chief ministerial functions. He was a Nāgara. His son Mahādeva who was the principal military officer in Mālava was also the
* This word generally means a tax - collector.
+ Mahattama appears to be the Samskrta original of the Gujarati surname Mehta.
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