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These continuous wars with the Caulukyas ruined the fortunes of the Paramāras. It is believed that the Paramāras never fully recovered from that blow which destroyed Bhoja and his empire, till at last the last campaign with Jayasimha so shattered their energies that they could not regain their pristine glory even after the death of Jayasimha.
Yaśovarman continued to rule as a mahārāja--a puppet ruler-over a petty principality on the banks of Kāli Sindhu till 1142 A.D. He was succeeded by his son Jayavarman, who was dethroned by another son Ajayavarman in 1144 A.D. The third son Lakşmivarman and his successors also continued to rule over a principality in Mälava between 1144 and 1200 A.D. Unfortunately, we have no account of all these successors in the Jain sources.
From the inscriptions of Jayasimha it appears that he was the lord of the whole territory from Pañcamahal to the Betwa.
After the expiry of Jayasimha, during the reign of his successor Kumārapāla, we learn that a certain Ballāla was ruler over Avanti-Mālava. "
Ballāla (1243-1244 A.D.): The Dvyāśraya-kāvya relates that Kumārapāla advanced to subdue Ballāla after defeating Cāhamāna Anna. The reason why he advanced to attack Ballāla is given by Hemacandra in a passage. He states that before Anna advanced upon the frontier of Gujarat he formed an alliance with Ballāla, the king of Avanti, and it was arranged that both the powers should simultaneously attack the Caulukya kingdom from the north and the east. Kumārapāla himself proceeded to overcome Anna and sent his two generals to check Ballāla. When he returned to his capital, he was informed that his two generals had gone over to the king of Ujjain, Ballāla, and he was advancing towards Anahillapura. Thereupon Kumārapāla attacked and totally defeated him.
The Vasanta-vilāsa: also refers to Kumārapāla's victory over Ballāla while the Kirti-kaumudīt informs us that the latter was beheaded by Kumärapāla. A Jain inscription from Mt. Abū informs us that "the Paramāra
1 DV, XVI, p. 269, V. 8: ad Sh T ara araRTUTETTE:
प्रतीच्यराट् पाणिनिपीडनार्थमुदीच्यराण्नीत्यति दिव्यमंत्री। 2 Ibid., XIX, p. 540, Vs. 97-98:
रक्षोभिपशुभिर्दामानिभिरौलपिभिर्वृतः। श्रीमतैः श्रीमतैश्चा, बल्लालो दर्पतोऽभ्यगात् ॥ शमीवत्याभिजित्याभ्यां शैखावत्येन चैषते ।
कृत्यौ बिभेद सामन्तौ नाना विजयकृष्णकौ ॥ 3 III, V. 29, p. 12: TUISET fast et sa: #galai * BG., I, Pt. I, p. 185.
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