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vara was incensed against that king on account of that cruelty and called the Mlecchas to invade the country of Sapädalaksa. This time Pộthviraja was captured and taken away to the Mleccha country. He
then was put to death by cutting off his head with an axe. The Purātana-prabandha-sangraha states:
"Pșthviraja was ruling at Yoganīpur (Delhi); he had a spearman named Pratāpasimha and the minister Kainvāsa (Kadambavāsa). Both of them were on hostile terms. Once the king of Turuşkas at Garjanaka (Gazani), in hostility with Pșthvīrāja, invaded Yoganīpur. He, however, was captured alive by Pộthvīrāja but through the order of the mother of Pịthvirāja he was released. Pratāpasimha, the spearman, used to go to Gazani to realise the taxes levied over it. Once he distributed the coins of gold among the destitutes in the name of ill-stars of the king Pșthvīrāja. By this and other acts he became very favourite to Pșthvīrāja. In order to avenge the enmity with minister Kainvāsa he falsely complained to the king that this minister every now and then calls the Turuşkas to attack us. Thereupon, the king wanted to kill the minister but he failed in his attempt. This plot, however, became known to the bard named Candabaliddika. The bard, by means of two stanzas, tried to show the higher qualities of the minister Kainvāsa, but the king did not heed. He dismissed the services of the minister and expelled the bard. Then a new minister was appointed. The king had imprisoned a nephew of Pratāpasimha whom he did not release. Pratāpasimha, thereupon, called upon the Sultan to invade the land of Pșthvīrāja. At one occasion he suddenly attacked him and killed many Cāhamāna heroes. Prthvīrāja fled away mounted on his horse named Națārambha, but he was caught while escaping. Fettered he was brought before the Sultan at Yoganipur (then in the possession of Sultan) and was asked what he would do if he should set him free. He told that he had released him (Sultan seven times; he may, therefore, be set free for one time. This request, however, was rejected. At certain occasion, Pșthvirāja, in the same condition, planned to kill Sultan; he, however, failed and contrary to this he was with great cruelty put to death by Sultan in V.E. 1246.
The Hammira-mahākāvya relates a long story of this battle:
1 SJGM., I, pp. 116-118. ? SJGM., I, PP. 116–118.
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