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observance of his religious row's Kumarapala was a perfect vuodel of Joina purity and picty.
No sooner hai breath let Kumarapala's body than Ajayapala seized ihe throne and proclanned himself Emperor of the Chaulukyan cmpire He wreaked lus vengeance on all those who had supported the cause of Pratapamalla. It was a day of terrible persecution for the followers of the late emperor The teinples built by him were pulled down and razed to the ground Kapardia was arrested and thrown into the cauldon Ramchandra the dramatist was seated on a heated plate of copper and tortured to death. Nert came the turn of Ambada. He was asked either to do homage to Ajayapala or to prepare luimself for death.
"In this birth" roared tbe old knight, "I do homage to Arhat as my deity, to Hemchandra as my teacher and to Kumarapala as my master " On this blank refusal, a fight ensued in which Ambada was overpowered and killed.
Ajayapala ruled but three years. He was stabbed with a knife by a door-keeper and expired on the spot.
