The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.209

v2.c31.209

According to the *Prabandha-cintāmaṇi* Karṇa undertook a successful expedition against a Bhilla named Āśā dwelling at Āśāpallī,⁶ who was king of over six lakhs.⁷ Having captured Āśāpallī he built there a temple to the goddess called Kocharaba. He also erected a temple to the goddess Jayantī, and the temple of Karṇeśvara, which was adorned with a lake called Karṇasāgara. He founded the city of Karṇāvatī in which he reigned and in Pattana he built the temple of Karṇameru.⁸ A Chitorgadh inscription of the time of Kumārapāla credits him with a victory over the Mālavas at the Sūdakūpa mountain pass.⁹ Inspite of these accounts of his wars and his temple-building activities, the chronicles do not give us the impression that Karṇa was a very powerful prince, and the tradition preserved in the *Hammīra Mahākāvya* of Nayacandra that he was killed by the Cāhamāna Duśśala may therefore have some foundation in fact.¹⁰ If the Sundha Hill inscription of Cācigadeva, dated in V.S. 1319 is to be believed he was also defeated by the Naḍḍūla Cāhamāna Pṛthvīpāla.¹