The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c13.213

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journey “by routes hard to pass” at last regained his territory.¹ Soon after this the birth of Sussala's son Jayasiṁha in 1105-06 A.D. brought about a reconciliation between the two brothers.² Hardly had this danger been averted when the Dāmara Bhīmadeva with the assistance of Jagaddala, the king of the Darads, produced a son of king Kalaśa named Bhoja as a pretender for the throne. Uccala's diplomacy however was successful in persuading the Darad ruler to retire to his dominions. Without Darad support the rebellion speedily collapsed. Bhoja was thereupon betrayed and ‘executed by the king like a robber.’³ But a more serious possibility of danger appeared when Bhikṣācāra, the son of Bhoja and grandson of Harṣa, escaped from the king's custody and ‘grew up secretly for the ruin of the people’ in the court of the Paramāra king, Naravarman (*c.* 1097-1111 A.D.). At the time of Bhikṣācāra's escape he was a boy barely 6 or 7 years old, and it took some time before he developed into a menace to the stability of Kashmir.⁴ In the meantime the city prefect Chuḍḍa who claimed descent from king Yaśaskara, began to aspire to royal power, and formed a dangerous conspiracy with his brother ‘Raḍḍa and the rest.’ They allied themselves with a number of disaffected officials, and waited for 4 or 5 years for a favourable opportunity. At last the conspirators surprised the king, when he was preparing at night to retire to his queens’ apartments, and cruelly murdered him after a desperate struggle. He had only passed his 41st year when he died in 1111 A. D.⁵