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however, do not record the name of Mādhava. The Vividhatirtha-kalpa mentions the route through which Ulugh-khān made the invasion. It states that he started from Delhi to Gujarāta. In the way Samarasimha, the king of Citor paid him tribute and saved his country Mewār from him. Then pillaging the Vāgada country and cities like Modesā, etc., he reached Asävalli. The king Karna fled away. Then he proceeded to Somanātha and shattered the idol to pieces and carried away the booty in a cart to Delhi. He went to Vāmanasthalī, there he punished Ränaka Mandalīka and established his order on Saurāştra. He came back to Āsāvallī and destroyed a monastery, temples and shrines. In this description it is not clear from which place Karņa fled away. Muni Jina Vijayaji commenting on this statement assumes that the statement is incomplete. It does not say whether Ulugh-khān invaded Pāțana or not. The Muslim historians, on the other hand, state that Ulugh-khan and Nusrat-khān with their Amirs and generals and large army marched against Gujarata. They took and plundered Nahorwāla (Anahilayāda) and all Gujarāta. Karan Rai of Gujarāta fled away from Naharwāla and went to Rämdeo of Deogir. The wives and daughters, the treasure and elephants of Rai Karna fell into the hands of the Muhammadans.3
As to when the Muslims took pātana is known, however, from the Jain sources. The Vicaraśreni and Pravacana-pariksā give us the date V.E. 13604. A colophon of the Anuyogadvara-vrtti states that in V.E. 13605 Karna was ruling. The Vividhatirtha-kalpa, on the other hand, refers to the date V.E. 1356.6 Most of the Muslim historians, however, assign A.H. 697 or 698 (V.E. 1255 or 1256) to this invasion.?
A Jain work, Nabhinandanoddhāra-prabandha, gives a detailed description of this invasion made by Ulugh-khān. Regarding Karņa it says that by the valour of Alā-ud-Din, Karna, the lord of Gujarāta fled away and after wandering in other countries died a death of wretched man.8 We, however,
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1 SJGM., X, p. 30. ? Purātattva (Guj.), IV, p. 267. 9 Elliot, III, p. 163. 4 JSS., II, No. 4, p. 9, Pravacana-pariksā, p. 272.
5 Prasasti-sangraha, p. 73, No. 269: HESTFASEBittu tap 17 MA (9360) Fyfa: 514
& SJGM., X, p. 30. ? GMRI., p. 436. 8 Purātattva (Guj.), IV, p. 272: JETZTETT: Fuzau tu warga: 1
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