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claimant of the throne. In my opinion the appropriate sense of the term. may be the highest honourable title to a man of the royal family who assisted in the administration in various capacities. Like the title 'Sarvesvara' to Lavaṇaprasada in the time of the Caulukya king Bhima II, this title might have some significance with Kirtipala who with his sons. assisted his elder brother by way of participating in the administration and various wars.
From the Saciyāya Mātā Jain inscription of Kelhana noted above dated V.E. 1236 (c. 1176 A.D.) and from the Jalor inscription of Samarasimha bearing the date V.E. 1239 (c. 1182 A.D.), it appears that Kirtipāla must have shifted his residence between these two dates.
As regards the political achievements of Kirtipāla, Sundhä hill inscription throws some light. It states that "he pierced with arrows a Kirātakūta prince by name Asala and defeated the army of Turuşkas at Kasahṛda."" Kiratakupa of this statement is obviously modern Kirädü. The Muhanota Nainisi informs us that when Kitu or Kirtipāla Cahamâna took possession of Jalor, the ruling prince there was the Paramāra Kuntapala. We are informed by the Bijolia inscription that Vigraharaja (III), the Cahamāna of Sākāmbhari, reduced him to a state of utter lancelessness and even set fire to his capital town Jävälipur. Vigraharaja, as we know, was a contemporary of the Caulukya Kumarapala (c. 1144-73 A.D.) and so were Ālhana and his two sons Kelhana and Kirtipāla. This hard stroke at the hands of Vigraharāja must have rendered Kuntapala very weak and that was the reason why Kirtipāla took no time in turning him out of Jalor soon after and establishing himself there as the founder of the Sonigārā branch. The other place, Käsährada, where Kirtipäla defeated the army of Turuşkas has been identified by Dr. Bhandarkar with the village named Kāyadrā (Sirohi) at the fort of Mt. Abu. The Prabandha-cintamani mentions the place by name. Godaraghatta. It seems that Kirtipala by way of assisting Mülarāja II (1176-78 A.D.) must have fought with the Turuskas."
Samarasimha: Kirtipäla predeceased his elder brother Kelhaya who ruled upto 1192 A.D. and was succeeded by his son Samarasimha in V.E.
1 V. 36.
2 EI., XI, p. 74.
EI., XXXVI, p. 84-112, V. 21.
4 EI., XI, p. 72; see also Vol. IX, p. 73.
SJGM., I, p. 97.
G GMRI., p. 342.
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