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While Kumarapala was engaged in repelling the attack of Arnoraja, Vikram Simha, the chief of Chandravati contrived a plot to kill him Fortunately Kumarapala had tunely warning of the danger and thus what would have proved a grievous disaster was averted. The emperor afterwards deprived the delinquent of luis Jagır and conferred it instead on his nephew Vasodhaval.
Later on, Kuniarapala subdued Malva killing according to one account its ruler Balal, conquered Cnittore and overian the Punjab The terutory of Chittore with its seven hundred villages was conferred in Jagir on Alinga These conquests are alluded to in the Chittorgad inscription dated Vik Sam 1207 (A. D. 1150) One of the titles assumed by Kumarapala was Avantinatha or the Lord of the Malva
Soon after, Kumarapala turned his attention to the reduction of Sapadlaksa He prepared a large army consisting of fourteen hundred camels and twice as much foot and marched it against the ill-fated state. Chahada was put in command of it. He attacked and captured Bambhera, a town in Sapadalaksha and established Chaulukyan supremacy in the country. Seven crores of rupees worth gold and seven hundred mares fell into the hands of the victors An interesting story is told by Merutunga which shows the thrift if not the niggardliness of Kumarapala. When war accounts were submitted to the emperor, he was very angry with Chahada for his having incurred an unauthorised
