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Introduction
cc1 gives the following account of his accession to the throne. "When Jayasimha went to heaven to make friends with the king of gods this earth became sad as lotuses do when the sun sets. Then the ministers, who surpassed the Guru of gods - Bphaspati - in intelligence, seeing the kingdom without a protector began to converse like this.' (Then follows the geneology of Kumāra pāla from Blīma I to which we have referred ). ‘His (Tribhuvanapala's ) son named Kumāra pāla is bright, of a pleasant face and like Indra in splendour. He is liberal, brave, and a protector of the helpless. He is endowed with all royal qualities, therefore let us make a king of him; away with others possessing no merits. Thus consulting with one another, and seeking unanimity with palmists, astrologers etc., Kumārapāla was established on the throne by the ministers. Then the whole world became satisfied.' (P. 5 Ku. Prati. G. O. S.)
According to the P. C., Kumārapāla was about fifty years old when he mounted the throne. This he did in V. S. 1199 which is corroborated, as we saw, by a colophon also. We can put Kumārapala's birth in the year V. S. 1149, one year before Jayasimha came to the throne. Perhaps there was not much difference of age between the uncle and the nephew and as Kumārapāla was a legitimate rival to the throne Jayasimha might have become jealous of him.
According to the P. C., Kumārapāla reigned from V. S. 1199 to V. S. 1230-A. D. 1143–1174 (pp. 95-96).
The first few years of Kumārapāla's reign were very troublesome. But he, being a man of mature age and much experience, gathered from a wandering
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