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except the information about Mathanasimha furnished by the Jain Ratnaprabhasūri in the Cirwa inscription. It is stated that Mathanasimha appointed Uddharana of the Tantarāda family to the post of the Talāraksa of the city of Nāgadraha (Nagada). Uddharana had eight sons of whom the eldest, Yogarāja, was appointed as Talāra in the same city of Padmasimha.
Jaitrasimha: Padmasimha was followed by his son Jaitrasimha of whose reign we have two dated colophons of the Jain MSS.
The colophon of the MS. of the Daśavaikālika-sutra bearing the date V.E. 1284 (c. 1227 A.D.) was written at Āghatadurga (mod. Ahar) in the reign of Jaitrasimha. It gives to him the title Samastarājāvali-samalankyta, Mahārājādhiraja, and mentions the name of his Mahāmātya Jagatsimha as carrying on the administration of the seals. The second colophon of the MS named Päkșikavrtti was written at the same place in the year V.E. 1309 (c. 1256 A.D.) in the reign of the same king. It gives him the title of Mahārājādhiraja Bhagavannäräyana and Dakşiņa-uttarādhisa-mānamardana and mentions his heir-apparent's name Tejasimha. Vilhana was in charge of transacting the business of the seal.*
These two colophons record the two dates of his reign V.E. 1284 and 1309, but his two inscriptions give him two early dates V.E. 1270 and 1299. As we shall see that a colophon of the Jain MS. gives V.E. 1317 (1260 A.D.) as the date to his son, it is most probable that his reign must have ended before that date — some time between c. 1218 and 1260 A.D. Hence we may assign him a period of reign of more than 40 years. The titles mentioned above show him to be a powerful king who exerted considerable influence. By V.E. 1309 his son also began to participate in his administration.
Ratnaprabhasūri in his Cirwā inscription informs us that "the pride of Jaitrasimha has never been lowered by the princes of Mālava, Gurjara, Maru, Jāngala and the Mlecchas". Regarding the struggle with the prince of Mālava the same authority states that Madana, the grandson of Yogarāja, as officer of Padmasimha, fought in the battlefield of Uttūņaka on behalf of Jesala against the Pañcagundika Jaitramalla. We may, however, identify
1 WZKM., XXI, p. 142 ff. 2 SJGM., XVIII, p. 116. 3 Prasasti-sangraha, Pt. I; see also SJGM., XVIII, p. 125. 4 WZKM., XXI, p. 142 ff. V.6. 5 WZKM., XXXI, p. 142 ff. V. 6.
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