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CLXXXIV
Kavyanusasana
Surāshtra proper, his sway extended beyond Ajmer in the north, to Cutch and Sindha in the N. W., Mevāda in the N. E. and Mālava in the east. In the south, Karņa's authority extended beyond Navasari; while Jayasimha's authority extended as far as Kalyāna (in the Nizām's dominion ). As we shall see this empire was further strengthened and extended by Jayasimha's successor Kumārapăla.
We saw that after conquering Mālava, he put Mahādeva as his Governor in Ujjayini and Kesava în Dadhipadra or Dohada. After defeating Sindhuraja of Lāta, Udayana seems to have been made a governor at Cambay (the P. P. S. p. 32). So also after imprisoning Khengāra, Jayasimha appointed Sajjana as the Governor of Surashtra. It appears to be a feature of Jayasimha's policy that he generally annexed the country he coquered to his own dominion and that he appointed his own officers to govern them on his behalf. He was, one may say, a believer in the policy of 'thorough'. This is probably the meaning of a Prākṣta verse * quoted in the P. C. where Jayasimha is compared to a maker of wicker – work who after breaking all the royal bamboos ( families ) made one umbrella for the whole world (p. 75).
Jayasimha, however, did not impress his own generation merely as a conqueror. No doubt, the very first attribute with which the K. K. characterizes him is that of Jagajjayin - conqueror of the world; but other sources and especially the tradition show
xस जयउ कूडबरडो तिहूयणमज्झम्मि जेसलनरिन्दो ।
छित्तूण रायवंसे इक छत्तं कयं जेण ॥
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