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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
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His greatest rival was king Bhoja with whom he was engaged for a long time in cold wars, political as well as cultural. We have already discussed at length on the evidence of the Jain sources how Bhīma troubled Dhanduka, the Paramāra ruler of Abu, who was a feudatory of king Bhoja and how Bhoja became angry with him; how Kulacandra attacked Pāțana when Bhīma was himself engaged in the war of Sindha. We have also stated the skilful devices of Dāmara, the diplomat minister of Bhīma, who watched all kinds of activities of Bhoja. We have also referred to his incursion on the Kalacuri king, Karna, in whose alliance, later, Bhīma attempted to deliver a lasting blow upon the kingdom of Bhoja in which he succeeded.2 So far as our confirmatory evidences are concerned we may cite the Vadanagar prasasti which distinctly states that Bhīma's horses quickly gained Dhārā; the capital of the emperor of Mālava. There is, however, no evidence to show that Karna was defeated by Bhīma.
One more struggle of Bhīma has been recorded by a Jain inscription about which the Jain chroniclers are almost silent. The Sundha hill inscription (V.E. 1309 )" composed by a Jain teacher by name Jayamangala of BỊhadgaccha states that the Naddūla prince Ahila and his paternal uncle Anahilla defeated the Gurjara king, Bhīma. In the Jain inscription it is stated that the latter's son Bälaprasād compelled Bhīma to liberate a king named Krsna-deva from prison. Kielhorn has rightly identified this Krsnadeva with the Paramära king of that name who ruled in Abu c. 1060-67 A.D.? A Jain inscription in the Vimala temple on Mt. Abu shows that Abu was ruled by Vimala, the dandapati of Bhīma (I) in V.E. 1088 (c. 1031 A.D.)
Leaving aside these accounts of the wars of Bhīma if we study the prabandha literature we find how culturally Gujarāta was progressing under Bhīma. The Prabhavaka-carita informs us that poets and dialecticians of different sects from different parts of India visits the capital of Gurjaradeśa. The intellectual rivalry between Dhārā and Anahillapur was keen and Bhīma and Bhoja were always jealous to preserve the intellectual status of their courts.
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1 SJGM., I, pp. 28–30 ; See supra, p. 101. 2 See supra, p. 102; Chapter on the Paramāras. 3 El., I, pp. 296-305, V. 9: 1977. ...feqsi reafiri 4 El., Vol. 9, p. 90 ff. 5 Ibid., Vs. 13-14: Vaala VAHUS: THUN : V. 13.
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