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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
From the sacrificial fire-pit of Vasistha on Mt. Arbuda emerged the following:
1. Paramāra: In that lineage
2. Dhumarāja: Then there were
3. Dhandhuka,
4. Dhruvabhata and others: In their lineage
5. Rāmadeva,
6. Yasodhavala,
7. Dhārāvarṣa,
8. Prahladana,
9. Somasimha,
10. Kṛṣṇarāja,
11. Visaladeva.
The above three names at the top of the list appear to be the same as found in the Vasantagadha inscription, for example, the Paramāra is the common eponymous personage. Dhumarāja is the same as Kanhadadeva of the Vimala temple inscription referred to above, who has been identified with the prince Krsparāja from whom Väkpati II traces his descent in his grants. Dhundhuka of this inscription is possibly the same as the father of Pūrṇapala of the Vasantagadha inscription.
We do not know of Dhruvabhața etc., mentioned in the inscription. This line, however, begins with Ramadeva' who, in the opinion of scholars, was the relative of Kṛṣṇarāja II (c. 1060-67 A.D.).
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Vikramasimha: Ramadeva was succeeded by his brother Vikramasimha. The Dvyāśraya-kāvya relates that when Kumarapala attacked the Cahamana Arnorāja, Vikramasimha accompanied him. It, however, seems that he had gone over to the enemy. The Prabhavaka-carita elaborately describes Vikramasimha's treacherous designs as to how he disobeyed his master Kumarapala and neglected his ministers' advice; how he plotted to murder the king; how Kumarapala escaped in the battle of twelve years, how he imprisoned him and installed Ramadeva's son, Yasodhavala, on the throne
1 Ibid., No. 25 : अथेह श्रीमदणहिलपाटके चौलुक्य कुलकमलराजहंस श्रीभ० (भीमदेव) विजयराज्ये ।
* Canto XVI, V. 33
तां पार्वती क्ष्मां कृरुणीय प यशोभमानामवितेत्यथोचे। पत्तिः स्वकीयो नृपतेर्गहीयपदातियुग्विक्रमसिंहनामा ॥
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