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over Mevada as late as 1274 to 1302 A,D. He gave way to the army of Alauddin Khilji of Delhi marching against Karna Väg hela, the last Hindu king of Gujarata. Thus he was not a contemporary of Siddharāja. The epithet Citrauda u does not allow us to identify the king mentioned here with Samarasimha of the Sonagara Ca u hāņa family who ruled at Jhalora from 1183 A.D. to 1186 A.D. ! Probably the author of LPS has wrongly named the latter as the former since the latter might have been more familiar to him due to nearness of time.
(5) PĀHLAŅA RĀŅAU also cannot be identitied with any known contemporary ruler. This name might refer to Prahlā da nadeva, the founder of modern Palana pura in North Gujarāta, who also was a contemporary of Kumāra pala! The authors of the Prabandha-- works are known for confusion of chronology.
(6) LOŅADHAULA MAGAUDIU, i.e. Lūņa dha vala Magodiya, also cannot be identified with any known contemporary personage. The epithet 'Magaudiu' suggests that he hailed from a place called Maga udi, probably inodern Magodi near Dahegā ma in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat a
(7) KĀNHADADE RĀULA JĀLAURAU can be easily identified with Kā n h au adeva or Krşņade va, Kumar a pāla's brother-inlaw, who, being a very powerful courtier of Siddha rāja, helped Kumāra pāla ia securing the throne. PC (p. 78 ) appends the epithet 'Rājakula' to his name and PPS appends the epithet 'Naddula'. He was 'Rījakula', which was one of the titles borne by the feudatories of Pāța na; but the term Vadduli' would lead us to think that he belonged to the Ca uhaņa family of Nad dūla! The term 'Jalaurau' of our text is confusive, for our author seems to confuse this Kānhada deva with the king of Jhalora of that name ( 1282-1297 A.D.), the hero of Padmanabha's excellent Old Gujarāti work called Känhodade-prubandha !
(8) GODRAHIYAU PARAMĀRA GAJARAULA does not seem to be known to history. He was, as can be inferred from this reference, a Para. már a ruler of Godhra, i.e., modern Pañca m a h à la district of Gujarāta. It cannot definitely be confirmed whether he is the same person as Gajasimha, son of Alhaņa deva Cå ha måna of Nadd úla (1153-1162 A.D.) who was a feudatory of Kumāra pala.
(9) SĀLHU BHELADIU VĀGHELAU also is not known to history. He seems to have been Salh or Sålhana of the Vāghe là branch
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