The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.198

v2.c30.s4.198

Nothing is definitely known about Jayasiṁha's achievements. But if the Nagpur *praśasti* is to be believed, Jayasiṁha may have been compelled to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Kalacuri Lakṣmī-Karṇa. The country was unprotected, and became the happy hunting ground of the Karṇāṭa and other enemies. At least these were the pretexts which Udayāditya appears to have urged to support his apparent act of usurpation. Is it likely that Udayāditya succeeded in ousting his rival with the assistance of the Cālukyas of Kalyāṇi? The statement of Bilhaṇa that Āhavamalla ‘utterly destroyed the power of Karṇa, the king of Ḍāhala,’⁴ probably shows that the alliance between the Karṇāṭas and the Kalacuris did not long survive the fall of Bhoja. Indeed Merutuṅga's reference to a struggle between the Caulukya Bhīma I and Karṇa over the spoils of Dhārā,⁵ may indicate the outbreak of a general war amongst the allies after the destruction of the Paramāra king. In this connection Bilhaṇa's statement that during the reign of Āhavamalla his son Vikramāditya ' lent his assistance to the king of Mālava, who came to him for protection, to regain his kingdom ' ¹ may be significant. The assistance was possibly given either to Udayāditya or more probably to his ousted rival Jayasiṁha.