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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
prāsāda.1
Bhima had three sons from his three queens. One of the sons named Malaraja died at an early age in whose memory Bhima built a Saiva temple. The other two sons were Kṣemarāja and Karna born from Caulukadevi and Udayamati respectively. According to the Dvyasraya-kavya the throne was first offered to Kṣemaraja who appears to have been the elder of the two. but he refused to accept it on the ground that he wanted to dedicate himself to religious pursuits and induced his father to crown Karna.a After Bhima's death Kṣemaraja retired to Mandükeśvara near Dadhisthali on the bank of Sarasvati to perform penances. This village of Dadhisthala was granted to Kumāra Devaprasada so that he might attend upon his father Kṣemarāja in his penances there."4
According to the Prabandha-cintamani Bhima married Udayamati, the daughter of Naravahana Khengära of Surăstra by whom Karma was born." The same authority states that Bhima attracted by her chastity married at hetæra by name Caulâdevi, Baulädevī or Bakuladevi by whom he had a son. Kṣemaraja or Haripala. His third son was Mūlarāja. He was very compassionate for the people and got them relieved from payment of taxes. He died in his youth. Bhima erected a temple Tripurasaprasāda for the welfare of prince Mularāja.?
Karna (1064-94 A.D.): Merutunga in his Prabandha-cintamani refers to the fact that the coronation of Karna took place in V.E. 1120 (c. 1064 A.D.) in the month of Caitra and that he ruled till the year 1150 V.E. (c. 1094 A.D.) covering a period of 29 years 8 months and 21 days.8 The Vicaraśreni assigns him 30 years from V.E. 1120 to 1150. The Muslim writers like Abu'l-Fazl and Ali Mohammad Khan assign him a reign of 31 years.10 Thus all the chroniclers with little difference are approximately in agreement. We may safely place Karma in the period c. 1164-74 A.D. From the two copper
1 SJGM., I, p. 53.
2 SJGM., I, pp. 53 and 77.
3 Canto IX, Vs. 70-77.
4 Ibid., Vs. 76-77.
SJGM, I. p. 54 श्री उदयमतिनाम्न्या तद्राच्या नरवाहनखंगार सुतया
6 Ibid., p. 77
SJGM., I, p. 53. 8 SJGM., I, p. 54 राज्याभिषेकः संजातः । P. 55: JSS., II, p. 9:
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10 MA., translation, p. 143: AAK., II, p. 260.
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