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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES the opinion of Keilhorn Hariscandra was the son of Mahākumāra Lakşmivarman, a brother of Ajayavarman, who was the originator of the line to which Arjunavarman belonged. The same scholar assumes that the line of Lakşmīvarman never regarded the line of Ajayavarman as the line of legitimate rulers of Mālava. And it was perhaps due to the absence of any male heirs of Arjunavarman that the throne was occupied by Devapāla. Thus the line of Arjunavarman or more appropriately of Ajayavarman ceased to exist.
The Māndhātā grant also indicates that Madana, the preceptor of Arjunavarman, continued to serve in that capacity under the new king. Likewise, Bilhaņa, who served the previous kings, appears also to have retained the post of minister of peace and war under the new administration. This also to a certain extent indicates that the transference of power had been made peacefully or with the consent of all the members of the court of the previous king. The Jain sources, however, give no account of this event.
Jaitugideva (1239-43 A.D.): Devapāla's son Jaitugideva succeeded him. He had the viruda Bāla-Nārāyana. The Jain poet Āsādhara survived Devapāla and completed his Trişasti-smrti in V.E. 1292 (c. 1235 A.D.), his Sāgāra-dharmāmrta in V.E. 1296 (c. 1239 A.D.) and his Anagāradharmāmrta in V.E. 1300 (c. 1243 A.D.)* in the time of the new king. A Jain work Karmavipäka-ţikā was also written during his reign in V.E. 1295 at Nalakacchapur. It seems that Nalakacchapur was a great centre of Jain scholars at that time." No inscriptions of this king have yet been discovered. The Cirwa inscription of Samarasimha (V.E. 1330) informs us that
Ibid., p. 311. 2 Vs. 12–13, in the colophon: Parera Ar treedt water i
प्रमार वंशवार्थीन्दुदेवपालनृपात्मजे॥ श्रीमज्जैतुगिदेवेऽसि स्थानावन्तीनवत्यलम् ।
ग्रन्थोऽयं द्विनवद्वयेकविक्रमार्क समात्यये॥ 3 Vs. 20-21 in the colophon: 785 THE ISHSFATTI
टीकेयभव्यकुमुदचन्द्रिकेन्युदिता बुधैः।
षण्णवद्वयेकसंख्यानविक्रमांकसमात्यये ॥ 4 V. 31, in the colophon: parágrauiatra
श्रीमज्जैतुगिदेवेऽसि स्थाम्नावन्तीनवत्यलम् ॥ नलकच्छपुरे श्रीमन्नेमिचैत्यालयेऽसिधत्।
विक्रमाब्दशतेष्वेषा त्रयोदशसु कार्तिके। 5 SJGM., XVIII, p. 120, 791 9884 av tek STHF5776548 HET TG1 acostat HERTETETT RICO Faroe T . . . . 37TATÈTOT F anat... Saati
8 ASI., Wc., 1905, p. 12 and also in ibid., 1913, p. 56.
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