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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
Müladeva: Kīrtiräja was succeeded by his son Müladeva who is also called Bhuvanapāla and Trailokyamalla." His body was decorated with the irreproachable marks of a universal sovereign. No political events of his reign are recorded in this inscription.
Müladeva was succeeded by Devapāla, his son from his queen Devabrata. Devapäla is also known as Aparājita. He is said to have surpassed Karna by his generosity, the son of Pārtha by his knowledge of the bow and Dharmarāja by his truthfulness.
Padmapāla: Mūladeva was succeeded by his son Padamapāla who was like Māndhāta, the ornament of universal sovereigns. He waged wars in all quarters, his armies are said to have marched even to the southernmost point of India. It is said that during his reign he built a temple of Hari (Vişnu), who was named after him Padmanātha. He died young. "He when still a youth, through the adversity of fortune, obtained a seat on the lap of Sankrandana (Indra)," thus states the inscription.
Manipāla: Mahīpāla succeeded Padmapāla. He is also known as Bhuvanaikamalla, who being described as son of Suryapāla and bhrātā of Padmapāla, probably was a cousin of the latter. No political event of note is known about him from the inscription except that a prince of the Gandharvas was defeated by him in a war. As the Sāsabahũ inscription is dated V.E. 1150 (the temple at which it is put up was only completed immediately after his coronotion), we may suppose that the latter event took place not long before V.E. 1150 (A.D. 1093). Mahīpāla's minister was Gaura.
The Dates from Kirtiraja to Padmapāla: As we have no dated records from Kirtirāja to Padmapāla, we may, however, assign some approximate dates to these princes on the basis of the Sāsabahü inscription. As the known date of Mahipāla from the inscription is V.E. 1150 (A.D. 1093) and as he is the fourth in lineal descent from Kirtirāja, if we assign for the sake of convenience 20 years for each of the kings and ten years for Padmapāla as he died young and some eight years to Mahīpāla before the inscription was actually dated, we may thus subtract 78 years from V.E. 1150 and would get V.E. 1072 (A.D. 1015) as the approximate date of
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