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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
been corroborated by the Manglänä stone inscription dated V.E. 1272 (1215 A.D.). According to the Prabandha-kosa his title was Bābarīyāla."
Prahlada: Prahlada was a just king. He ruled mildly; his subjects were contented. He was very fond of hunting lions and he died too in that venture." The Prabandha-koša, however, does not record his name.
Viranarayana and Vagbhața: Viranārāyaṇa, the son of Prahlada, succeeded Prahlada. It is stated that from his very childhood he was naughty and unmanageable. The Hammira-mahäkävya refers to a war between him and the Muslim prince Jalāl-ud-din at the time of the former's marriage; but neither party obtained success. After some time Jalāl-ud-din determined to entrap him into his power by a stratagem and he succeeded. Before any event took place, there was some misunderstanding between Viranarayana and his uncle Vägbhața, and, thereupon, the latter left the place and departed for Mälava. Jalal-ud-din availed of the opportunity, invited Viranarayana at Yoginipur and received him with great pomp and show. After a few days' hospitality, however, the prince was poisoned and he died. The Muslim prince captured Rapathambhor and sent a message to the king of Mälava to kill Vägbhata but Vägbhata discovered the plot. He murdered the king of Malava and with the assistance of the Rajputas and Kharpūras (a Mangol tribe) attacked and captured Ranathambhor.*
It was Vägbhata's policy to station large forces at different posts along the frontier and thus to keep off his enemies. He died after a happy reign of twelve years."
Some scholars identify this Jalal-ud-din of Yoginipur mentioned in the Hammira-mahāhāvya, with Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (1211-36 A.D.), whose officers, according to the Tabaqat-i-Näsiri, took the impregnable fort in 623 A.H. (1226 A.D.). This assumption is also confirmed by the Jain work Prabandha-kośa which states that Viranärāyaṇa died in the war with the Turuşka Samasadin (Samus-ud-din.) Nothing is known about the prince of Malava who was killed by Vägbhata for the history of that region during
1 IA., 1912, pp. 85-98.
2 P. 134.
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3 HMK., Canto IV, Vs. 43-72.
4 Canto IV, Vs. 72-126.
5 Ibid., V. 129.
DHNI., II, p. 1095.
SJGM. VI. p. 134 वीरनारायणः तु समसदीन युद्धे मृतः ।
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