The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s17.127

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lisher of the Têluṅga king,¹ as destroying the elephants of Jâjalla-dêva,² as defeating the kings of Mathurâ and Kâśî, and the Hammîras, *i.e.* the Musalmâns,—as conquering the Gaula and Chôḷa kings,—and as overthrowing the Andhra king, and Kakkalla,³ and the lord of Bhambhâgiri, and Arjuna.⁴ Hêmâdri, referring to his success against the Mâlavas, in the statement that with his troops of horses he besieged or obstructed the ruler of the Dhârâ territory, adds the name of Lakshmîdhara, "the lion of Bhaṅgûrika," to the list of kings defeated by him. And one of the records claims, hyperbolically, that he enforced obedience to his commands from the kings of Mâlava, Chêra, Chôḷa, and Magadha, the Gurjaras and the Pâṇḍyas, the people of Lâḷa (*i.e.* Lâṭa) and Nêpâl, the Turashkas (*i.e.* the Musalmâns), the Barbarigas, the Kêralas, and the Pallavas, and the rulers of Aṅga, Veṅgî, Pâñchâḷa, Kaliṅga, and Sind; and thus reigned over the whole of India. As regards his alleged achievements in the north, it is a fact that he did invade the Gurjara country, or Gujarât, on more than one occasion.⁵ One expedition appears to have been led by a Brâhmaṇ general named Khôlêśvara. This was in the time of Lavaṇaprasâda, and his son Vîradhavala, Râṇas of Ḍhôḷkâ, of the Vâghêlâ branch of the Chaulukya family of Aṇhilwâḍ, when the nominal king was Bhîmadêva II.⁶ On this occasion, Siṅghaṇa's forces crossed the Taptî, and penetrating as far as the Mahî, overran and ravaged all the territory round Broach. And this campaign ended in a treaty of alliance⁷ between Siṅghaṇa and Lavaṇaprasâda, which was concluded in April or May A.D. 1231 or 1232. Another expedition was led by Khôlêśvara's son Râmadêva or Râmarâja, in the time of Vîsaladêva, son of Vîradhavala, while he was still Râṇâ of Ḍhôḷkâ, and before he appropriated the sovereignty of Aṇhilwâḍ.⁸ This seems to have been about A.D. 1237-38. Râmadêva himself was slain in battle, on the banks of the Narmadâ. And, as Vîsaladêva claims to have, on some occasion, defeated Siṅghaṇa's army,⁹ perhaps this expedition then turned back, unsuccessful. The Pâṭṇa inscription, written about A.D. 1222, furnishes some interesting literary information.¹⁰ It mentions the well-known