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IV. THE CĀHAMĀNAS OF JĀLOR This branch of the dynasty was found by Kirtipāla, one of the three sons of Alhaņa. In the later Jain inscriptions of his descendants this branch is called the Sonigarās? which may be said to have been derived from Suvarnagiri, the name of the hill fort of Jālor mentioned in some of the inscriptions of Samantasimha (1282-1302 A.D.) of this branch.
Kirtipāla: The Sundhā hill inscription informs us that "as a Rajyesvara of Naddūlai Kirtipāla took his residence at Jāvālipura.When he took to his new residence cannot be known from the Jain sources but a Jain inscription of his son Samarasimha from Jālor, bearing the date V.E. 1239 (c. 1182 A.D.),t definitely shows that some time before or by that time Kirtipāla must have shifted his residence to Jālor. The Jain grant from Nadol of the date V.E. 1218 (c. 1160 A.D.) and a Jain inscription from the temple of Saciyāya Mātā at Osia dated V.E. 1236 (c. 1179 A.D.)“ inform us that Kirtipāla took part in the administration of his father and elder brother. As early as V.E. 1218 (c. 1160 A.D.) he had obtained 12 villages from his father and brother Kelhana over which he ruled. We also know from some of the inscriptions of Kelhana that Kirtipāla was quite advanced in age, for his sons by the time V..E. 1233 (c. 1175 A.D.) were already enjoying the ownership of some of the villages, and they must have been over eighteen, the age of majority.
The term Räjyeśvara mentioned in the Sundhā hill inscription may mean the Lord of the Kingdom of Nādol, but this literal meaning of the terni may not be applied here to Kirtipāla who could not succeeed to the throne of Nádol in the lifetime of his elder brother or before transferring his residence to Jälor, for we know from the Jain inscription at Päladi noticed above that his eldest brother Kelhana was really the occupant of the throne of Nāçol up to V.E. 1249 (1192 A.D.), which is certainly a later date by more than ten years, than the date of shifting the residence to Jālor by Kirtipāla. The above term may also indicate that he might have been a claimant for the throne of Nádol, but this question does not arise before the death of Kelhana who was the real occupant or
1 P. C. Nahar, Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 205 N. 730. 2 Ibid., p. 240, No. 903. 3 EI., IX, pp. 76-77, V. 36. * EI., XI. pp. 52-54; Jain Lekha-sangraha, Pt. I, p. 238. 5 Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 198. 6 V. 36: TEST ferrarcari raggi frete tu:
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