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Paramāras of Mälava. The struggle with the Cähamānas of Sākambhari seems to have been a retaliation for his father Mahendra. Victory over Turuskas indicates that he encountered Mahmud of Ghazni, when in 1024 A.D. he was advancing towards Pātana, on his way to Somanath. The temporary achievements of this king, though made the fortunes of the family for sometime bright, were followed by evil consequences from which his successors suffered.
Bālaprasāda: Anahilla had two sons Bālaprasāda and Jindurāja. He was succeeded by his elder son Bālaprasāda. The Sundhā hill inscription contains a veiled information which indicates that Bālaprasāda had accepted the suzerainty of king Bhíma.' It states that he got released a prince named Krşnadeva from prison pressing hard to Bhima by means of rubbing the feet (Caranayugalimardanavyājatah). We have elsewhere identified this Kļşnarāja with Krsnarāja, the Paramāra prince of Abu.
Jindurāja: Bālaprasāda was followed by his brother Jindurāja who according to the Sundhā hill inscription fought victoriously at Sanderā (modern Sanderao in the Jodhpur division).3 With whom he fought is not mentioned in the inscription. He might have been a prince of the neighbourhood.
Pythvipäla: Jindurāja had three sons Pșthvīpāla, Jojalla or Yojaka and Asarāja. He, however, was succeeded by his elder son Pșthvīpāla who according to the above authority had defeated the army of Karna, apparently the Caulukya king, son of Bhima 1.4 Perhaps Pșthvīrāja had done this by way of helping the Paramāra ruler Udayāditya of Mālavā."
Vojaka: Yojaka 'or Jojalla succeeded his brother Pșthvīpāla whom the Caulukya king Karna reduced to vassalage on account of his brother Pịthvīpāla's anti-friendly policy. The Sundhā hill inscription mentions this event in a figurative term. Yojaka took joy in Anahillapura with his white umberella. One of his two inscriptions gives him the date V.E. 1147 (c. 1019 A.D.).
1 Ibid., V. 18. 2 See iufra, Chapter on the Caulukya of Gujarāta. 3 EI., IX, pp. 76-77, V. 20. 4 Ibid., V. 22. 6 See infra, Chapter on the Caulukya of Gujarata • V. 24: Saratan faTTaf: TFTTEGTETA I
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