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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
Caulukya Bhima I and Karņa, the Kalacūri king. But in another place, the same work, however, relates:
“Then Bhoja, as his journey to the other world drew nigh, performed the religious duties appropriate to the occasion, and gave the following order “After my death, my hands are to be placed outside my chariot” and then went to heaven.”
This indicates his natural death. This seems plausible also to me, because the Prabandha-cintamani refers to the fact that "then Karna, hearing of that occurrence, broke down the fort and took all the wealth of Bhoja.” It seeins that in the former attack king Bhoja was only defeated but not captured and the shock of this defeat, probably, resulted in his death. The Purātana Prabandha-sangraha states that Bhoja died of diarrhoea. 3
Bhoja bore the title Tribhuvana-Nārāyana. A Jain work on grammar, namely, the Ganaratna-mahodadhi, refers to this title as Triloka-Nārāyaṇa, which is the same; Triloka and Tribhuvana being synonyms. He was also called as Dhāreśvara and Mälavacakravarti.
Foundation of Dhārā: According to the Jain prabandhas, Bhoja founded the city of Dhārā. Merutunga relates one story:
“When Bhoja was listening to the reading of a treatise on law he heard of Rādhāvedha of Arjuna. He thought to practise it and thus succeeded in performing the world-famed Rādhăvedha. Then he arranged a festival to show his skill, which was attended by all the citizens. But an oilman and a tailor did not come, out of contempt. Being asked they themselves showed their skill in that art and in this way they lowered the king's pride. They said: "King Bhoja, I know why you performed the cleaving of Rādhā. It was because Your Majesty could not tolerate an opposite to Dhārā.” In these words he was praised by the learned and being desirous of laying out a new city he founded it after the name of a prostitute named Dhārā who showed him an accurate plan."
UFISATIET
1 DHNI., II, 869.
2 Ibid., p. 51: Ha: alar#9992: agrau here: समस्तराजलोकस्य वितीर्य मम पञ्चत्वानन्तरं मत्करौ विमानाद्वहिर्विधेयौ।
3 SJGM., II, p. 20: HTET SEIT: 1 4 p. 277. 5 Vadanagar prasasti of Kumārapāla : V.9. & SJGM., I, pp. 31-32: Ya Tare: 1
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