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ed Nadol. Dhillikā is modern Delhi and Asikā is identical with modern Hansi. Both were the cities of Tomara prince Anangapāla III ruling at that time. This last conquest reminds us that Vigraharāja aimed at completing the victory over northern part of his territory, started by his grandfather Ajayadeva and successfully carried out by his father Arņorāja. From the other records we know that he was a paramount sovereign ruling over the whole of Hindustan lying between the Himalaya and Vindhya.” Our inscription has revealed as to how he actually gained the paramountcy. By this extension he naturally came into contact and conflict with the Yaminis of Gazani and the Punjab. The Prabandha-kośa regards him as a conqueror of the Turuşkas.
Vigraharāja was also a man of letters. He wrote a drama entitled Harakeli. His court poet Somadeva also wrote a drama, Lalitavigraharāja, about him describing his love affairs. The Prabandha-cintāmaņi calls him Kavi-bāndhava.*
Pịthvirāja 11: The Bijolia inscription states that Vigraharāja was succeeded by his elder brother's son, Ppthvīrāja (II). But the Prthvīrājavijaya and the Jain work Prabandha-kośa mention Apara or Amara Gāngeya as the son and successor of Vigraharāja, young and unmarried. Thus the throne passed on to Pịthvīrāja. The Prabandha-kośa gives his other name Pānthadadeva. According to Bijolia inscription he was very charitable, and donated a village named Morajhari to Pārsvanātha, the erection of whose temple the Bijolia inscription records. From his inscriptions we get his period from V.E. 1224 to 1226 (1167-1169 A.D.).
Someśvara (1170-77 A.D.): Pșthvirāja, son of Jagadeva, was succeeded by his third uncle Someśvara, whom we know from the Prthvirājavijaya's commentary, as a son of Arņorāja from his queen Kāncanadevī the daughter of the Caulukya Jayasimha Siddharāja. Canto VII of the Prihvīrāja-vijaya describes that Kumārapāla, the nephew of Jayasimha, made his name significant by bringing up the Kumāra (young) Someśvara.
1 EI., XXVI, p. 94. 2 TA., XIX, pp. 215-19, Delhi Siwalika Pillar inscription. 3 SJGM., VI, p. 133: tha: TFSETI 4 Ibid., I, p. 90. 5 JRAS., 1913, p. 276; SJGM., VI, p. 133. & SJGM., VI, P. 134. 7 Vs. 23-25. 8 DHNI., II, pp. 1078-80.
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