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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
Sāka. He gathered together all the members of his family, and ascended the funeral pile along with them and so went to the other world.
The Tantoli image inscription discovered in the estate of the same name, in the district of Ajmer dated V.E. 1251 (c. 1194 A.D.) in the reign of Harirāja,” shows the correctness of the tradition recorded by the Hammīra-mahākāvya of Nayacandra.
The Taj-ul-Ma'āsir of Hasan Nizāmī says that in A.D. 1193 Harirāja drove out Pịthvīrāja's son (Govindarāja) from the throne of Ajmer on which Sihāb-ud-din had placed him after Pșthvīrāja's death and not only proclaimed his independence but also advanced towards Delhi to recover it from Qutb-ud-din Aibak. It was in A.D. 1199 that Harirāja was finally defeated and Ajmer was annexed by Qutb-ud-din.
II. THE CĀHAMĀNAS OF RANATHAMBHOR
Govindarāja: The Hammira-mahākāvya states that after the death of Harirāja, his followers resolved to abandon the country and go and live under the protection of Govindarāja, the son of Pșthvīrāja who, after his exile from the kingdom by his father, had acquired a new kingdom through his valour and established his capital at Ranathambhor. We have already seen from the Muslim account that it was Harirāja who drove out Pșthvīrāja's son from the throne of Ajmer," which is, most probably, a fact.
The above statement shows the Ranastambhapur branch of the Cähamānas was established by Govindaraja after the death of Harirāja. Nothing is known of him from any sources. The Prabandha-kośa refers to his another name Rājadeva.
Balhana: After Govindarāja, Bālhana succeeded to the throne, says the Hammira-inahākāvya. The Prabandha-kośa also confirms it.” Bálhaņa had two sons, Prahlāda, the elder, and Vägbhata, the younger. Bālhana ruled for some time as a feudatory of Shams-ud-din Iltutmish. The fact has
1 Canto III, Vs. and Canto IV, Vs. I-19. 2 RMR., 1911-12, pp. 2, 5. 3 JRAS., 1913, p. 268, fn. 16; EI., XIX, p. 47. 4 Canto IV, Vs, 20-26. 5 DHNI., II, p. 1093, fn, 5. 6 SJGM., VI, p. 134. ? Canto IV, Vs. 32 ; SJGM., VI, p. 134.
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