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In fact, the harmony, no doubt with human lapses here and there, between different creeds was phenomenal, so much so as to appear incredible to one who is only familiar with the history of Christianity and Islam ! The main cause of the disruption seems to be that the kings believed and their ministers and religious priests encouraged them to believe that the state was the personal property of the king and that it was treated as such. Add to this a certain lack of political selfrespect which allowed the people to live and multiply and prosper rather than die and become annihilated if not allowed to live as free men. This, howerver, was only one, though in my opinion, the primary cause; there being many other contributary causes.
16 What was the city of Anahillapurapātaka like, this Gurjaradeşarājadhāni-capital of Gurjaradeşa-of which its people – poets, kings and even retired monks-were so proud ? Vāgbhața-poet and critic and a contemporary of Jayasimha - called it one of the three jewels of the world-the other two being the king Jayasimha Siddharāja himself and his elephant Srī Kalaşa. (See f.n. p. CXCVI). In the time of J. it had become a point of honour-to be settled either by martial or literary passage of arms-to maintain three kings : that Gujarat was like Bșhaspati - the teacher of gods - in the matter of discrimination, that Pattana - (literally city) that is Aşahillapura was a veritable ocean of men and that the king was the emperor of Siddhas. *.
* गूर्जरत्राया विवेकबृहस्पतित्वं नृपस्य सिद्धचक्रित्वं पत्तनस्य य नरसमुद्रत्वARET ( 8H17:) faqca pp. 28-29 P. P. S.
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