The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.10

v2.c29.s3.10

Kamalarāja was succeeded by his son Ratnarāja, also called Ratneśvara.⁵ This prince is said to have 'ornamented Tummāṇa with the temples of the gods Vaṅkeśa, Ratneśvara and other gods and also with gardens of flowers, and fruits, palatial dwellings and a charming high mango grove.’¹ We are also told that he founded the ‘extensive’ city of Ratnapura, which became ‘like the city of (Kuvera) the lord of riches,’ and decorated it with many temples.² The only other interesting event of this reign appears to have been his marriage with Nonallā.³ She was the daughter of Vajuvarman or Vajjūka, the prince of *Kōmō-maṇḍala*, which has been identified with the Pendra Zamindari in Bilaspur district, where there is still a village named Komo.⁴ The existence of a separate principality so close to the capital of Ratnarāja shows that as yet his power was extremely limited. As this marriage alliance is mentioned with pride by almost all the records of his successors, we may conclude that it marked a definite stage in the evolution of the Tummāṇa Haihayas as an independent power.