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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
verse 8 occurs the name of Dharanidhara who according to Pt. Ojha and Dr. Bhandarkar is identical with Dharapivaraha, the son of Adbhuta Kṛṣtaraja of the Arbuda branch.' From him was born Devaräāja (v. 9). The name Devaraja is the other name of Mahipala of the Arbuda branch of the Paramāras. Then in line 11 Durlabharaja is line 11 Durlabharāja is mentioned and after him the name of Dhandhuka occurs. It is said of him that he became ruler of Marumandala after propitiating Durlabharāja. We also know of Dhandhuka from the Vimala Jain temple inscription of Mt. Abu, that he, "averse from rendering homage to the Caulukya king Bhima I, took refuge with king Bhoja of Dhārā." As Durlabharaja was the predecessor of Bhima I, it appears in this context, from this inscription, that Dhandhuka's antagonism with Bhima I began from the time of Durlabharaja Caulukya. Both the Caulukya kings seem to be contemporaries of Dhandhuka.
Members of this branch: From verse 13 begins the reference to the real members of this branch. The names of the members are Kṛṣṇarāja, Socarāja, Udayaraja, and Someśvara. Pt. Ojha thinks that Socarāja was the son of the Abu Paramāra Kṛṣṇa II (1060-67 A.D.). Nothing is known about Socarāja from the inscription, but he is accepted as the founder of the branch by all scholars.
Regarding Udayaraja, the next member, it is said that he subdued the countries of Coda, Gauda, Karpata and Mälava. His son and successor was Someśvara. He is said to have regained his lost kingdom in V.E. 1199 (c. 1142 A.D.) through the assistance of the Caulukya king Jayasimha Siddharaja according to one reading and he regained the lost city of Sindhurajapura through the assistance of the above king according to another reading. The inscription next mentions that in V.E. 1205 in the time of Kumarapala, Someśvara consecrated a temple." In V.E. 1218 Somešvara is said to have taken 1,700 horses and the forts of Tapukotta and Navasara from the Sindhurāja Jojjaka and made him a feudatory of Kumarapala and
1 Ibid., p. 40 ff.; HR., I, pp. 171-72.
2
श्रीदुर्लभराजोऽपि राजेन्द्रो रंजितो
धन्धुकः।
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3 See supra, p. 189.
4
कृष्णराजो महाशब्द विभूषितः । तत्पुत्र सोचराजाख्यः etc.
5 Vs. 15, 16.
EI., XX, Appendix, p. 47, No. 312.
HIG., III, No. 149 B, pp. 173-76.
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