The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.339

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² A puzzling fact about the two Rewa grants of Trailokyavarman is that while the inscription of Kumārapāla is dated in 1240, that of his father Harirāja is dated in 1241 A. D. The grant of the son however shows that his father was already a *Mahārāṇaka* before 1240. The difficulty is probably to be solved by the assumption that Kumārapāla when still a child was made king through the machinations of the *Kāyastha* Muktasiṁha, who poses as a king-maker in the grant of Kumārapāla. Harirāja had to abdicate but before long he succeeded in recovering his throne from his child-son. The abdication of the Kashmirian king Ananta in 1063 A. D., through the influence of his wife Sūryamatī, in favour of her son Kalaśa and the resumption of the regal functions by Ananta shortly after Kalaśa's coronation may serve as a parallel incident in the history of this period. See *DHNI*, Vol. I, *Dynastic History of Kashmir*, pp. 142 ff.