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a feudatory in charge of the Arbuda, to restrict their further advance, who on his part did it.
As to when this event took place is the query before us. The younger brother of Dhārāvarsa by name Prahladanadeva composed a play, Pārthaparākrama, in which it is stated that Dhārāvarsa repulsed the mighty assault by the Cāhamāna Pșthvīrāja (III), the king of Jāngala. We know from the chronology of the Cāhamānas that Prthviraja was slain by Sihäb-ud-din in V.E. 1249 (A.D. 1193) and Jayacand in V.E. 1251 (A.D. 1195). The date of Dhārāvarsa from the inscriptions is known as V.E. 1276 (c. 1218 A.D.). If the statement of the Jain author is reliable the event must have taken place before V.E. 1276. We, however, have no other corroboratory evidences for this fact. Mojadīna is regarded to be the other name of Sihābud-dīn by scholars. The mention of his name, however, does not seem probable in that period for his existence is proved between 1173-1206 A.D. when Vastupāla was not the minister of Viradhavala.
Prahlādanadeva: The same Lūņa temple inscription informs us that Dhārāvarsa had a younger brother by name Prahlādana who defended the Gurjara king when the latter's power was broken in the battle by (Guhila) Samantasimha.” The Gurjara king referred to in the inscription has been rightly identified with the Caulukya king Ajayapāla (c. 1173-76 A.D.). The Prabandha-kośa and the Purātana-prabandha-sangraha state that "Rāņā Prahladana, the founder of Prahlādanapura, of the Paramāra family, bearing the title Kürcāla Sarasvati, was in the company of Kumārapāla Caulukya at the time of a religious journey. It is believed that he wrote a one-act play named Pārtha-parākrama. He was a man of various accomplishments.
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See also for the full discussion JSS., III, Pt. I, pp. 153-60. 2 EI., VIII, pp. 211-16, V. 38: Hrafi Grafata:
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