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libraries and opened a copying department whose busi ness was to copy out old manuscripts and scrolls
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Kumarapala had no male issue He had only a daughter by his queen Bhopaldevi, named Lilu whose son was Pratapamalla There were two claimants to choose between, for the future succession Pratapamalla and Ajayapala, kumarapala s nephew The emperor prefered the former to the latter and was supported in his choice by Hemachandra and hi party While the question of succession was agitating the mind of the court Hemachandra fell senously ill All that medi cal skill could do was attempted in vain In the year 12 9 of the Vikrama era the great sage passed away Kumarapala s grief for his guru knew no bounds gave him a ternble shock and he refused to be consoled After some six months he was confined to bed and followed his guru to the next world The friendship between the sage and the monarch was sincere and di sinterested and it reminds Mr Tawney that of Fronto and Marcus Aurelius
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Kumarapala belonged to that class of rulers whose best known representatives among the Jainas are Samp rati, Amoghavarsh and Kharvella. He managed to combine in him the benevolence of a monk with the wisdom of a statesman He was just, impartial and labonous Pure and above reproach in his private life, simple and frugal in his habits, regid and stnet in the
