Temple of Satrunjaya

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north of the peninsula. 65 Vana Raja, the founder of Anahilawada, was discovered by Shilaguna Suri, a Jaina monk; and to his age may belong the original temples at Rantoj and Sankhesvara near the old capital Pancasara; but, though tolerant, he was probably a Hindu, as were his successors at least till Kumarapala.
Samanta Sinha the last Raja, dying in A.D. 942 without male issue, was succeeded by his nephew or son-in-law Mula Raja, 66 a prince of the Rajput tribe of Solanki or Calukya, of the family of the kings of Kalyana in the Deccan. Among his successors Durlabha is said to have been instructed in the Jaina doctrines and "travelled in the good road of pity for living things"; to Karna is attributed the erection of a splendid temple to Neminatha at Girnar, still known as Karna Vihara; and during the minority of her son Siddha Raja, Mainala Devi's ministers, probably Vanias, raised costly vihāras and temples at Karnavati. During the reign of this prince (A.D. 1093-1142), it is said, Kumuda Candra a learned Digambara, who has overcome his opponent in eighty-four religious co troversies, came from Karnataka, to seek fresh laurels by the conquest of the Gujarat Svetambaras. Siddha Raja and his mother, recognising him as the spiritual preceptor of Jaya Kesi the father of the latter, received
85 The following is a list of the princes of this dynasty, drawn chiefly from the Hon.
A. K. Forbes's Ras Mala, to which I take this opportunity of acknowledging my obligations, especially in what follows relating to matters of history : A.D. 745 Vana Raja, son of Samanta Sinha or Jaya Sikhari.
806 Yoga Raja, son of Vana Raja. 841 Bhima Raja or Ksema Raja, son of Yoga Raja. 866 Bhuyada, son of K sema Raja. 895 Vaira Sinha, son of Bhuyada. 920 Ratnaditya, son of Vaira Sinha.
935 Samanta Sinha, son of Ratnaditya. Conf. Jour. Bomb. Br. R. Asiat. Soc., Vol. IX. pp. 155-157; Wilford, Asiat, Res., Vol. IX. pp. 184-208. See Ayin-i-Akbari, Vol. II. p. 74 et seq; Elliot, Jour. Roy. As. Soc., Vol. IV. p. 1; Col. Tod, Annals of Rajasthan, Vol. I. pp. 83, 97, 101, 206. The date of Mula Raja's accession is variously given A.D. 942, and 960. The Solanki Dynasty stands thus:
942 Mula Raja Solanki, nephew of Samanta. 997 Camunda Raja Deva, son of Mula Raja, invaded by Sultan Mahmud. 1010 Valabha (Beyser or Bisela, Ay. Ak'), son of Camunda. 1010 Durlabha Raja Deva, son of Camunda, usurped the throne. 1021 Bhima Raja Deva, nephew of Durlabha Raja; Mahmud invaded Gujarat. 1073 Sri Karna Deva, Kala Deva, or Visala Deva. 1093 Siddha Raja Jayasinha Deva, son of Karna. 1142 Kumarapala Deva, son of Tribhuvanapala, and grandson of Bhima. 1173 Ajayapala Deva, son of Jayasinha. 1176 Laghu Mula Raja Deva II., son of Ajayapala, a child. 1178 Bhima Deva, brother of Ajayapala.
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