The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c6.s4.14

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For a second time the Chauhanas became vassals of Gujrat and Someswara, son and successor of Arnoraja, fought under Kumarapala's banners in the latter's war with the Silaharas of Konkan⁴. With his death, however, Chalukya power declined. The next ruler, Ajaipal suffered defeat from the petty Guhelot chieftain, Samanta Sinha of Chitor who, from a later inscription, appears to have expelled the Chalukyas from Mewar even in the life time of Kumarapala⁵. The Paramaras of Malwa also asserted independence and even invaded Gujrat⁶. Only the Paramaras of Chandravati, remained faithful to the Chalukyas even upto 1230⁷; the rest of western and southern Rajputana became independent. The next two rulers of Gujrat, Mularaja II and Bhima depended entirely on the support of their Paramara vassal and on the Baghela chief Lavanaprasada, whose son Viradhavala ultimately supplanted the dynasty.