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nowhere except the Duyaśraya-kavya, but all the subsequent writers refer to this war as a war with Laksa probably because he was killed in the battle. The Prabandha-cintamani also without referring to Gräharipu mentions a war with Laksarāja, the king of Kaccha. It relates that
"this prince was the son of Phoolad and Kämalatā, the daughter of Paramära king Kirtiraja and owing to the boon of Yaśorāja, whom he had propitiated, he was altogether invincible. He repulsed eleven times the army of the king Mūlarāja. But in the twelfth encounter Mülarāja besieged him at Kapilakoți, killed him in single combat and trod on the flowing beard of his foe."1
Though all the chroniclers like the authors of the Sukrta-sarikirtana and the Prabandha-cintamani refer to this war after the two wars with the king of Sapādalakṣa and king of Lāța it seems that hostility with the king of Kaccha might have begun long before the joint invasion of the above two. For Mülarāja was already the master of the Eastern Kaccha.
Mülarāja waged another war with the king of Sindhu. Hemacandra states that there was one king of Sindhu among the other kings who fought in league with Grāharipu against Mūlarāja?. According to the Sukrtakirti-kallolin 3 and the Vastupala-Tejahpala-prasasti4 he was defeated by Mūlarāja. As they mention no name of the Sindhu ruler, it seems he might have been in all probability, a petty chieftain of the Eastern Sindhu delta.
Hemacandra also describes the battle between Mülarāja and the ruler of Lāța, Dvārappa or Bārappa. This war has been recorded by the later Jain writers also. Hemacandra states:
'Once Bärappa sent an ominous elephant to Mülarāja as a present, but by this act Mūlarāja was highly enraged. Mūlarāja and his son Cāmundarāja with large garrison crossed the river Sabharamati (mod. Sabaramati) and entering Lāța they defeated and killed Barappa.' 5 The Kirti-kaumudi refers to this war with Bārappa. It, however, calls
i SGM., I, pp. 18-19: Tarza: arata: Fagfagfa: qafe Birth वरप्रसादात्सर्वतोऽप्यजेयः एकादशकृत्वस्त्रासितश्रीमूलराजसैन्यः .... कस्मिन्नवसरे कपिलकोट्टदुर्गस्थित एव meth: ai fat .... FOTO T I .... 3727 a: .... HIPOT PET FUTE. ..
2 Canto IV, V. 89: 3 orecitat FTA: IFUTE fefer RITISATTI 3 V. 24: aaria ferrugia Jangasit.... F EH...etc. 4 V. 6: 5:44: 4989 5 DV., Canto VI, Vs. 6, 44, 99: (6) 1936 : 37 etc.
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