The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.40

v2.c29.s3.40

Jājalla was succeeded by his son Ratnadeva II. In the grants of his son he is called the lord of the whole Kosala country (*Sakala-Kosala-maṇḍanaśrī*). In the Malhar stone-inscription of Jājalladeva II he is described as ‘a fierce cloud to extinguish the continuously raging flames of the spreading mighty fire of the prowess of prince Coḍagaṅga’ (*c.* A.D. 1078-1135).⁵ This fact is also mentioned by a Kharod inscription of the time of Ratnadeva III.⁶ The Rajim inscription of the time of Pṛthvīdeva II tells us that Jagapāla and Devarāja, the ministers of Jājalladeva, continued to serve under his son. The former of these two claims to have acquired the Talahāri-bhumi and another district for his second master. No grant of this king has so far been discovered but the Malhar inscription referred to above records grant of the village of Kosāmbī to a Brāhman named Gaṅgādhara.¹ The context of the passage wherein this grant is mentioned seems to indicate that the village was situated in the *Tumṁāṇa-deśa*.